[GRLUG] Best wifi manager for a desktop

[Jeff DeFouw]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 03:20:26PM -0500, Topher wrote:
> The wifi in my desktop works fine, I can bring it up with iwconfig.
> I've always used wicd on my laptops, and it's not working for me for
> wifi on this desktop.  I'm not sure why.
> 
> That said, I'm not actually going to be roaming much with this thing
> (ever), what would be the best option for me for starting wifi
> properly every time I boot?  I kind of like the idea of scripting
> what I do manually on the command line, but I'm not sure the best
> way to get it done.  rc.local?
> 
> Anyway, any suggestions?  I'm using neither gnome nor kde, so apps
> that require them are out.

In the case of Debian, the standard network config file 
/etc/network/interfaces has support for wireless connections.  If you 
use something like that, then it fits in with all of the network-up and 
network-down automation.

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Jeff DeFouw <jeffd at i2k.com>

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