Stephen R Laniel wrote: > Windows has a nice feature* where you can write down a list > of preferred ESSIDs: if you're in range of a given hotspot, > Windows will associate with it. Does Linux have such a > thing? I've not found it, if so. Ubu seems like the most > likely distro to innovate on this sort of usability feature. > > Other features would fit nicely into the ESSID picker -- > e.g., remembering the MAC addresses of hotspots with hidden > ESSIDs. The next time you came within range of such a > hotspot, this feature would look up the MAC addresses of > every hidden hotspot and associate with the ones whose > ESSIDs you had stored. > > Likewise, does Linux have a facility for storing WEP/WPA > keys for hotspots that we've previously authenticated with? > > This could integrate nicely with programs like airsnort: > every time you cracked a new key or hidden ESSID, airsnort > would store it and this preferred-ESSID feature would be > able to connect to it from then on. This would then be > *more* usable than Windows, if I'm not mistaken. For GNOME, I think NetworkManager is a good candidate. http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager/ I don't know if it has all the features you describe, but they are aiming for "Hassle-free Networking Without Interruption". Don't think it's in the Debian archives yet, the ITP i still open... http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=270538 -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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