Lukasz Jastrzebski said : > I'm under Debian Squeeze. I'm struggling with my wifi for 6 months > now. None of two cards work with Win2k lap (rt73 usb and rt2500 > pcimcia). I've been trying all the apps without succes, but I've tried > lot of stuff, so: > > There is something called rutilt. It is good for rt cards.. > Don't install the wicd package unless you really have to - in 90% it > won't work better than the NetworkManager does and you'll end with > shit in setup files. > > My way for now is to have the script that: > disables ALL the network tools (dhclient, NetworkManager, > wpa-supplicant, some applets and some other things - I've made some > chcecks with airomon-ng from aircrack-ng package, it shows the things > utilising wifi) > ifconfig down > iwconfig everything > ifconfig up > dhcpcd wifi > > I connect to one single net only, so I have one script. I have to run > it several times to connect, but it does the job. > > I'm able to crack wifis, inject packets, do a lot of stuff... but I > have serious problems to have stable connection with my own stuff. > What a pain in the ass.
maybe worth trying 2.6.30 for the latest wireless support. > > Cheers, > Uki > > > 2009/7/18 potax flan <[email protected]>: > > hallo > > > > nm-applet worked quite good for me for a while, but then recently it started > > going *crazy* > > i now have 5 icons of it (5 instances?) on the task bar. i'm on debian, > > kernel 2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686, xfce 4.4, pure:dyne. > > if i uninstall and reinstall it goes back to normal but sooner or later it > > starts reproducing again (ok i know it's not reproducing but you get it). > > any ideas?? > > cheers > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:23 PM, potax flan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> good to know alternatives to the rather clumsy wifi-radar. > >> nm-applet works like a charm so far, thanks! > >> p > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:03 PM, aymeric mansoux <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> krgn said : > >>> > I don't know wifi-radar myself either so I can help on that one. p:d > >>> > now > >>> > defaults to network-manager-gnome and the nm-applet, > >>> > >>> Yup, we wanted to use wicd at 1st, and I think there is an old dodgy > >>> package on the repos (at the time it was only on Ubuntu, so we made a > >>> Debian one). But as karsten said, starting with leek_and_potato we use > >>> the network manager subsystem with the gnome nm-applet. > >>> It works amazingly well, and handle ethernet and wifi with a very easy > >>> interface. Can't be more simple than this. > >>> > >>> > >>> > which I find very easy > >>> > to use and well integrated into the xfce desktop. potax: did you google > >>> > around for that error a little? I can find a few ubuntu-related pages > >>> > where > >>> > users post a similar error to yours: > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=iceweasel-a&rls=org.debian%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial&q=+%3Cmodule%3E+%3E+auto_profile_order+%3D+auto_profile_order.split(+%27%2C%27+)+%3E+AttributeError%3A+%27list%27+object+has+no+attribute+%27split&btnG=Search > >>> > > >>> > oops, long link. but in particular this page here might be relevant: > >>> > > >>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wifi-radar/+bug/88330 > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Ernie Dulanowsky > >>> > <[email protected]>wrote: > >>> > > >>> > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:41 PM, potax flan <[email protected]> > >>> > > wrote: > >>> > > > not p:d-exclusive, but still... > >>> > > > a few days ago i ran out of battery on my laptop and it shut down > >>> > > abruptly. > >>> > > > ever since that, wifi-radar does not start, saying: > >>> > > > > >>> > > > File "/usr/sbin/wifi-radar", line 1616, in <module> > >>> > > > auto_profile_order = auto_profile_order.split( ',' ) > >>> > > > AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'split' > >>> > > > > >>> > > > Which of course means absolutely nothing to me. > >>> > > > Tried reinstalling wifi-radar but the message persists > >>> > > > Any of you Linux gurus can give me a hand? > >>> > > > p > >>> > > > > >>> > > > --- > >>> > > > [email protected] > >>> > > > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > I'm not too familiar with the latest pure:dyne, but is wicd available > >>> > > for installation? I found that wicd > >>> > > was far superior to WiFi Radar.... > >>> > > > >>> > > cheers, > >>> > > ernie > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > -- > >>> > > ++++++++++++++++ > >>> > > Ernie Dulanowsky > >>> > > www.pulsewidth.ca > >>> > > ++++++++++++++++ > >>> > > oblique: The inconsistency principle > >>> > > > >>> > > --- > >>> > > [email protected] > >>> > > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > ( c * k ) ^ g > >>> > >>> > --- > >>> > [email protected] > >>> > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > >>> > >>> --- > >>> [email protected] > >>> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > >> > > > > > > --- > > [email protected] > > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
