Re: wifi connection manager recommenadations
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Lubos Vrbka <lists@vrbka.net> wrote:
> hi guys,
>
> i am looking for a good wifi connection manager for debian etch. at the
> moment, i must have the actual connection hard-coded in
> /etc/network/interfaces. changing the network then involves editing
> interfaces file, ifdown/ifup... i am now gonna travel a bit and use many
> different networks and this attitude is, i'd say, suboptimal (or annoying -
> i am getting lazy).
>
> what functionality i'd like to have?
>
> 1) start this application (undex X)
> 2) check for networks around
> 3) connect to a known one or select an unknown network
>
> for my home network, i need WPA. i am using enlightenment as a window
> manager. most of kde/gnome is installed as well (you cannot avoid it
> anyway), but i am not much familiar with the configuration details of these
> two 'packages'.
>
> i've tried with kwifimanager, but it seems to pick only the network defined
> in /etc/network/interfaces - it doesn't see anything else. and when i remove
> the definitions in interfaces file, it sees more networks, but i am not able
> to connect to them :(
Network Manager does well for me -
http://packages.debian.org/etch/network-manager
Patrick
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