I've been using NetworkManger for quite long time now. You might want to check it out.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure <l...@internet.com.uy> wrote: > > on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > >> What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? > >>Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. > > > > i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a > > gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if understood your mail > correctly. > > > > i don't have a laptop anymore, and on my netbook i have xubuntu. they use > > network-manager as a default. wicd is lighter and works fine, but > > network-manager has the advantage of working with mobile broadband, while > > wicd doesn't. but i never could make network-manager work on gentoo... > > > > > > > > Thanks, wicd seems to work well enough to show me the networks in my > neighborhood. I'll have to figure out how to connect to one when I get > to my destination tomorrow night. > > Cheers, > Mark > >
