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#1 2008-07-22 21:28:56

Cryptix_00
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What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

on my gentoo system i was just using wpa_supplicant and had it configured via text files, but i set up a nice gui this time around (xfce4 w/ compiz-fusion and avant-window-navigator) and i want a nice GUI wifi manager for it, i've heard of the following ones:

-network manager
-wpa supplicant gui
-wicd

i'm sure there are more, please post and tell me which one is your favorite and why or suggest one i havent heard of

thanks in advance

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#2 2008-07-22 21:54:48

Gil
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

I use networkmanager for DHCP. As far as I know it doesn't work well with static IP configurations.

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#3 2008-07-22 22:12:00

Gluffs
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

Im using

Netcfg2 whit Archassistant

I prefer this combo over others due to the Netcfg2 profiles, i swap wireless connections often.
And whit Archassistants super nice gui its extremly easy to configure a new connection.
Im to lazy to write the profiles manually in terminal big_smile

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#4 2008-07-22 22:17:22

ThomasBisset
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

I use wifi-radar. I've never been able to get rid of the keyring popup when using NetworkManager and wicd just doesn't work for me. I don't swap wireless networks often enough to worry about getting them working, hence wifi-radar.

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#5 2008-07-22 22:21:35

Cryptix_00
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

archassistant is a KDE app, so i won't be using that... im thinking of giving wicd a whirl

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#6 2008-07-22 22:23:54

iphitus
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

netcfg!

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#7 2008-07-22 22:25:36

Gluffs
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

archassistant is a KDE app, so i won't be using that... im thinking of giving wicd a whirl

True, but im using it in Xfce4 and it works wihtout any problems, and the requirements are not a problems either.

Archassistan requirements

- arch linux distro !
- QT ( qt4)
- netcfg2

So even if it is KDE you dont need a whole bunch of kde dependencies big_smile

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#8 2008-07-22 22:42:24

wonder
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

i use networkmanager


Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

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#9 2008-07-22 23:13:29

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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

I'm using Netcfg2 only.


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#10 2008-07-22 23:22:42

fwojciec
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

netcfg2 on both my desktop and my laptop

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#11 2008-07-22 23:26:32

moon
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

only necfg2, I don't need more smile

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#12 2008-07-22 23:28:23

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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

netcfg2 * 2

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#13 2008-07-22 23:38:08

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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

netcfg2

We have a winner.


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#14 2008-07-23 00:58:04

Cryptix_00
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

it appears we do... ill look into netcfg2 thanks guys

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#15 2008-07-23 01:36:34

NoOneImportant
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

only netcfg for me

thought about gui-zing my connection management, but decided against it

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#16 2008-07-23 01:49:31

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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

Good ol' CLI-based wireless tools! cool


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#17 2008-07-23 02:17:27

staple
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

netcfg2 is the best

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#18 2008-07-23 02:27:20

clarence
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

wireless-assistant a qt app. only because it is the most reliable (for me) tool for connecting to random hotspots.

i drink a lot of coffee at a lot of cafe's.....


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#19 2008-07-23 02:48:31

bslagowski
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

I have wicd set up but when I'm out and about (aka, not at home) it's a pretty even split between using Wicd to scan and connect, and just using the command line.

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#20 2008-07-23 03:50:29

sand_man
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

I was using NetworkManager now I'm only using netcfg2. Work perfectly I have no need for anything GUI


neutral

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#21 2008-07-23 03:52:24

Allan
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

I am still using NetworkManager because I am too lazy to switch to netcfg2.  Maybe when I next buy a computer...

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#22 2008-07-23 04:29:45

miesnerd
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

I use network manager on desktops that have wired connections.
On laptops, I always get wicd. I know that when i get more into writing scripts, I can fine tune wicd to do exactly what I want easier, plus, its built on python.

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#23 2008-07-23 04:35:41

bredin
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

Knetworkmanager neutral


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#24 2008-07-23 06:28:28

Cryptix_00
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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

i really dont want to have any qt apps running because then i will not only have to actually install qt4 but it will chew up memory running those libraries just for a single application, so archassistant is out of the picture. i ran wpa_supplicant on gentoo just with config files no problem, it worked fine for me, so i'll set up netcfg2 and see how that goes, thanks everyone for the replies!

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#25 2008-07-23 07:03:00

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Re: What are you guys all using as a wifi manager?

i use wicd but i have netcfg2 installed incase i need it


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