Wireless question

TechDragon · 2008-03-13 15:23:26

I think I have it working I followed the wiki, installed the drivers, reconfigured the rc.conf and installed network manager.

Ifconfig shows that I have a wlan0

the problem is where is network manager? how do I launch it? how do I add it to the panel at the bottom so that I can configure my networks?

Basically, wheres the gui, and how do I put it in the menu bar?

Using Enlightenment 17

Thanks

Misfit138 · 2008-03-13 15:24:37

Did you see this http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Networkmanager

bgc1954 · 2008-03-13 16:59:11

I haven't used network manager for some time but I think, in gnome anyway, it was started with network-admin so if you want an icon just go to menu=>configuration=>configuration panel=>applications and either =>ibar applications to add it to the ibar or if you can't find it use =>new application to create one. Your created ones are stored in /home/yourname/.local/share/applications and you can edit them there if you choose. When creating a new application click on the Advanced button and choose a Category such as System;Game;AudioVideo and the like.

Another way is to launch the program you want from the terminal and then drag the top left icon to the ibar. If you don't like the icon in the upper left, right click your mouse on it and choose edit icon.

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-03-13 17:05:47)

TechDragon · 2008-03-13 18:07:51

is there something better that controls both?

bgc1954 · 2008-03-13 18:17:37

I don't know about better but lots of people seem to like wicd for wireless and I prefer wifi-radar (wireless only). For both wired and wireless you can just use netcfg from the core repo. I just tried it out again after a long time and it seems to do the trick but there's no gui. You'll probably get alot of opinions about which ones are better. Check out netcfg wiki if you haven't already: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Profiles

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-03-13 18:18:32)

TechDragon · 2008-03-13 18:36:24

misfit138 I did read the networkmanagement wiki. I tried the nm-applet string it specified and the terminal just crashed out.

bgc1954, I went to this location because it is not listed in my menu /home/yourname/.local/share/applications
but the only things there were firefox and xterm

also if I try and browse to it and add "new application" I can only see
/home/username/desktop

any other ideas?

bgc1954 · 2008-03-13 19:45:34

I don't think I quite understand your question but if you mean that configuration panel is not on your menu then you need to go to menu=>configuration=>modules and add the configuration panel module. That should get you started.

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-03-13 19:46:09)

Misfit138 · 2008-03-13 19:47:17

TechDragon wrote:

I think I have it working I followed the wiki, installed the drivers, reconfigured the rc.conf and installed network manager.
Ifconfig shows that I have a wlan0
the problem is where is network manager? how do I launch it? how do I add it to the panel at the bottom so that I can configure my networks?
Basically, wheres the gui, and how do I put it in the menu bar?
Using Enlightenment 17
Thanks

Well, I think I am understanding you better. Networkmanager is a command line app that has front ends (like Knetworkmanager and Gnome networkmanager IIRC)
Personally, I never got it to work; I spent quite some time hacking away at it for nothing, so I don't use it or like it.
I use a very simple system.
I configure /etc/rc.conf with all of my wireless settings using "Phrakture's Trick" from the Wireless page in the wiki.
Then, for a GUI app I use wlassistant. That's it. It works perfectly for me.

TechDragon · 2008-03-13 21:52:50

misfit138 is understanding what I am trying to do.

I want a gui that shows available networks and lets me select one.

Misfit138 · 2008-03-13 22:27:19

TechDragon wrote:

misfit138 is understanding what I am trying to do.
I want a gui that shows available networks and lets me select one.

Were you able to try the way I suggested?

TechDragon · 2008-03-13 23:50:29

I could be misunderstanding you, but it sounds like that would only work for one network, I travel alot and need to be able to connect to various wireless networks easily.

Thanks

bgc1954 · 2008-03-14 00:04:00

That's exactly why I like wifi-radar, I also like it when I travel. It is only for wireless but when you launch it you can see all the wifi points around you, signal strengths and select the one you want to connect to. Also, if you have a connection that is wpa or wep enabled at home you can configure wifi-radar to connect to it. If you choose you can connect at boot with a daemon but I personally prefer just to launch it when I need it. Details are in the wireless wiki.

Misfit138 · 2008-03-17 23:21:41

TechDragon wrote:

I could be misunderstanding you, but it sounds like that would only work for one network, I travel alot and need to be able to connect to various wireless networks easily.
Thanks

What I do is add the ssid and key for my home network, background the network daemon on startup and then use wlassistant or the command line to connect to any other networks I come in contact with.
You may really like netcfg2, it seems to be a local favorite around here and is under pretty active development at this time..

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