Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 05:24:58PM -0400, Mike Viau wrote: OnTue, 12 Oct 2010 14:11:13 -0700 hol...@cox.net wrote: 3. This is not the first time I am having problems with NetworkManager here on Debian, so I think I will get rid of it. The question is how to switch between available

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-13 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Lisi schreef: On Tuesday 12 October 2010 18:17:15 Stanisław Findeisen wrote: The question is how to switch between available WiFi connections without NetworkManager. wicd? $ aptitude show wicd Package: wicd ... Description: wired and wireless network manager Wicd is a general-purpose

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-13 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Robert Holtzman schreef: On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 05:24:58PM -0400, Mike Viau wrote: OnTue, 12 Oct 2010 14:11:13 -0700 hol...@cox.net wrote: 3. This is not the first time I am having problems with NetworkManager here on Debian, so I think I will get rid of it. The question is how to switch

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-13 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 22:48 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote: It works perfectly with eduroam and Let me elaborate on the eduroam configuration. For eduroam you choose PEAP with TKIP/MSCHAPV2 Identity: u...@host.tld Password: YourPassword You should also obtain the GTE Cybertrust Global

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-13 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Wolodja Wentland wolodja.wentl...@ed.ac.uk wrote: On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 22:48 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote: It works perfectly with eduroam and Let me elaborate on the eduroam configuration. For eduroam you choose PEAP with TKIP/MSCHAPV2    Identity:

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-13 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 07:07 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote: Thing is, you have to write your own profile/template, which requires an understanding of how to do it in wpa_supplicant, and then how to modify it as a wicd template. This might be true for schemes that are not yet supported in

RE: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-13 Thread Mike Viau
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:04:37 +0200 sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl wrote: A question about Wicid. * ability to connect to (and maintain profiles for) both wired and wireless networks; So does this mean that wicid can _not_ control/setup network bridges (e.g: with brctl)? Not sure. Try the

WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-12 Thread Stanisław Findeisen
Here in campus we have 2 networks: eduroam-open, which is open and very restricted eduroam, which requires authentication and is less restricted. I have 3 questions. 1. How to actually select the network to use? I was trying nm-applet but NetworkManager seems to fallback to eduroam-open simply

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-12 Thread Arthur Machlas
2010/10/12 Stanisław Findeisen s...@eisenbits.homelinux.net: 3. This is not the first time I am having problems with NetworkManager here on Debian, so I think I will get rid of it. The question is how to switch between available WiFi connections without NetworkManager. For instance I could

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-12 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 07:17:15PM +0200, Stanisław Findeisen wrote: 1. How to actually select the network to use? I was trying nm-applet but NetworkManager seems to fallback to eduroam-open simply becase it thinks it is better: Left click the nm icon and disconnect. Repeat and connect to

RE: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-12 Thread Mike Viau
OnTue, 12 Oct 2010 14:11:13 -0700 hol...@cox.net wrote: 3. This is not the first time I am having problems with NetworkManager here on Debian, so I think I will get rid of it. The question is how to switch between available WiFi connections without NetworkManager. Wicd from the repos.

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-12 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 18:17:15 Stanisław Findeisen wrote: The question is how to switch between available WiFi connections without NetworkManager. wicd? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-12 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 19:17 +0200, Stanisław Findeisen wrote: eduroam-open, which is open and very restricted eduroam, which requires authentication and is less restricted. 3. This is not the first time I am having problems with NetworkManager here on Debian, so I think I will get rid of

Re: WiFi: nm-applet, nm-editor, replace NetworkManager

2010-10-12 Thread s. keeling
Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net: Wicd from the repos. Much more informative than nm. I can attest to that. I found wicd difficult to turn off the other day (until I looked for /etc/default/wicd). Then again, Win* guy next door, now running linux, took to nm with no problem, way before I knew