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Thoht

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-02-02

Posts: 75

Smooth networking in Awesome?

Hello!

I installed Awesome 3 on my MSI Wind, but I'm not sure how to do networking stuf. Like WiFi? I don't mind the command line, but coming from OS X, I'd like a smooth way to find and connect to various "hotspots" in coffee shops if I'd happen to visit one.

I know of both NetworkManager and WICD, but the catch to those is that they seem to more or less depend on a system tray, which is something I'd rather not use. Some easy-to-use, lightweight and fancy ncurses application would do well enough for me I think.

Thanks in advance!

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djnm

Member

From: USA

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 78

Re: Smooth networking in Awesome?

Take a look at: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_profiles , and use that for your known networks.

You can use the "ifconfig" and "iwlist" commands to scan for and connect to other networks.  Check the manpages for information.

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u_no_hu

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 453

Re: Smooth networking in Awesome?

try netcfg2.....
and wicd doesnt depend on systray... you can use  the application by itself without the systray.

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