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Cryptix_00

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 82

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

Gil

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Registered: 2007-07-19

Posts: 17

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.

Gluffs

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Registered: 2008-01-25

Posts: 25

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

ThomasBisset

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From: Nairn, Scotland

Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 22

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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.

Cryptix_00

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 82

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

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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

netcfg!

Gluffs

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Registered: 2008-01-25

Posts: 25

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

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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

i use networkmanager

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quetzyg

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Registered: 2006-08-03

Posts: 129

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

I'm using Netcfg2 only.

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fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

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

netcfg2 on both my desktop and my laptop

moon

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2008-06-01

Posts: 14

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

only necfg2, I don't need more

skottish

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

netcfg2 * 2

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

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

netcfg2

We have a winner.

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Cryptix_00

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 82

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

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

NoOneImportant

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From: Deep Southern California

Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 178

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

kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

Posts: 219

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

Good ol' CLI-based wireless tools!

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staple

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Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 81

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

netcfg2 is the best

clarence

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From: fremantle.au

Registered: 2005-10-12

Posts: 294

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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bslagowski

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Registered: 2008-02-23

Posts: 102

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.

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

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

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Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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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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miesnerd

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From: Texan by birth, TN by paycheck

Registered: 2008-02-17

Posts: 94

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.

bredin

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From: sweden

Registered: 2008-06-28

Posts: 135

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

Knetworkmanager

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Cryptix_00

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 82

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!

INCSlayer

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-06

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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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