On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:50:29 +0100 Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
> On 05 Aug 2009, Michael Ekstrand wrote: > > > > > > The easiest way is to use network-manager. If you click on the Icon > > > in your toolbar it should show you the detected networks. You can use > > > the "Create New Wireless Network..." or "Connect to Hidden Wireless > > > Network..." to set up connections. > > > > I second the recommendation for network-manager. If you don't want it > > for some reason (e.g. you're allergic to Gnome dependencies), wicd is a > > useful alternative. I have also had decent success with wifi-radar some > > time ago. > > > > When I installed network-manager a week ago it blocked wired access to my > router. I expect I could have reconfigured it in some way but it turned > out to be unnecessary for my purpose so I removed it and everything > worked normally again. This isn't an argument against using > network-manager, just a warning of something to look out for. > I guess that you setup things in /etc/network/interfaces. When using network manager or wicd you should not have any interfaces that you want to manage with them appear in /etc/network/interfaces. Also, by default they both try to use dhcp to setup the nic. If you use a specific address then it needs to be setup explicitly. They are much more useful for roaming connections (moving from wifi to/from wired on a laptop) and are not too useful on a desktop. > Anthony > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org