Re: wireless gui configuration utility
unfortunately wicd isn't getting any wireless network with my wireless
card; broadcomm 4315 on cq40-115au.
2009/1/16 Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>:
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:56:03 +0000
> "thveillon.debian" <thveillon.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Umarzuki Mochlis
>> >> http://gameornot.net
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> > Wicd is great! give it a try.
>> >
>> > http://wicd.sourceforge.net/
>> >
>> > Cheers!
>>
>> +1 for wicd, with atheros chips (and ath5k driver) and wpa it has
>> performed very well. During the past release of *buntu 8.10
>> *NetworkManager has gone crazy on many wireless chips, especially
>> atheros, and since then wicd has gained a good reputation there too.
>>
>
> I also see that. With atheros chip both ath5k and madwifi I see a lot of
> disconnects with network manager. wicd is mostly stable although it does lock
> up on me every once in a while requiring killing and restarting.
>
> It also allows manually configuring the network address which I haven't found
> how to do with network manager and is much more configurable.
>
> On the other hand it's easy to setup a vpn with network manager, didn't see a
> way to do it with wicd.
>
>> It's in Sid/Unstable.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
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Regards,
Umarzuki Mochlis
http://gameornot.net
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