Re: wireless gui configuration utility
On 01/15/09 08:31, Alejandro wrote:
2009/1/15 Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com <mailto:umarzuki@gmail.com>>
Please kindly share your favorite utility that you are using daily on
lenny amd64/i386 so i can gain something to make my wireless
experience better.
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Umarzuki Mochlis
http://gameornot.net
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Wicd is great! give it a try.
http://wicd.sourceforge.net/
There is, naturally, a Debian package.
$ apt-cache show wicd
Package: wicd
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 1828
Maintainer: Python Applications Packaging Team
<python-apps-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 1.5.8-1
Depends: python, python-support (>= 0.7.1), python-gtk2,
python-dbus, wpasupplicant, python-glade2, wireless-tools, dhcpd |
dhcp3-client | pump, net-tools | ethtool, net-tools | iproute
Suggests: pm-utils
Conflicts: network-manager
Filename: pool/main/w/wicd/wicd_1.5.8-1_all.deb
Size: 234686
MD5sum: 192151825a77a28cca39535832a0852c
SHA1: 1b38dc6cdb10620eff98cca99409c08ebc488590
SHA256: 40b64c2e8e21341be4824edfa6e27cb167c4719e8b1488d381863b682dd84890
Description: wired and wireless network manager
Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager which
aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a
wide variety of settings.
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Some of Wicd's features include:
.
1. No GNOME dependencies (although it does require GTK+), so it is
easy to use in Xfce, Fluxbox, Openbox, Enlightenment, etc.
2. Ability to connect to wired and wireless networks
3. Profiles for each wireless network and wired network
4. Many encryption schemes, some of which include WEP/WPA/WPA2 (and
you can add your own)
5. Remains compatible with wireless-tools
6. Tray icon showing network activity and signal strength
Homepage: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/
Tag: network::configuration, role::program, scope::utility,
use::configuring
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