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#1 2009-09-12 15:01:27
- Dogs1985
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which wifi tools is lightweight?
always using command to connect my wifi so tired:P. can anyone tell me which gui can easily connect eth and wlan. i'm using fluxbox. fresh system. before installing fresh system. i had used gnome network manager and wicd(wicd really a strong tools). and my wifi is using wpa/wpa2 encryption.
and i search in internet got a lot of wifi tools. like wifi radar, gtkwifi, wifi-wiz, wifi assistant, getwifi. yast2, wifi-select
can anyone tell me which one is better and lightweight.
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#2 2009-09-12 15:12:56
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#3 2009-09-12 15:15:36
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
There's also netcfg, which (in its standard form) doesn't have a GUI but connects you automatically, using whatever interface you want. Have a look at Network Profilesin the wiki. Netcfg has GUI frontends too.
Edit: Too late, as always. X)
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#4 2009-09-12 15:30:28
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
wifi-select
This one depends on netcfg and is a really great tool. So you were on the right way at your research ;-)
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#5 2009-09-12 21:10:10
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#6 2009-09-13 00:47:13
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
why using wifi-select, the program didn't ask me for static ip, gateway?
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#7 2009-09-13 00:52:52
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
+1 for netcfg.
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#8 2009-09-13 01:04:21
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
i saw netcfg got x gui?
http://netcfg.sourceforge.net/
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#9 2009-09-13 01:12:41
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
i saw netcfg got x gui?
http://netcfg.sourceforge.net/
nope, its an old unmaintained app that happens to have the same name. That said, there's plenty of other GUI front ends for netcfg that have been mentioned.
I'll add a plug for netcfg-tray too.
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#10 2009-09-13 11:43:20
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
i feel like netcfg hard to use.
i think i'll use back wpa_supplicant and ifconfig.
thank you
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#11 2009-09-13 23:02:23
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
I like to think of netcfg as a wrapper which allows you to setup profiles for one-line access to the stuff you'd normally do with wpa_supplicant and ifconfig. If you're able to use the latter the former should be the same, but easier.
Apologies to iphitus, I know its more complicated than that underneath, but that's how I see it.
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#12 2009-09-14 01:52:03
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
wicd is the best wireless gui I've ever used
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#13 2009-09-14 09:26:59
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
i've ever used Network Manager both in Gnome and in Openbox .... and for me is the best
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#14 2009-09-14 10:18:46
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
I use wicd, its pretty lightweight and requires less configuration than netcfg for WPA2-Enterprise networks. This is a plus for me since my school uses WPA2-Enterprise.
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#15 2009-09-14 10:22:04
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Re: which wifi tools is lightweight?
Well wicd is indeed nice, especially the newest version with the added ncurses interface..
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