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On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 10:49 +0000, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > > There is a wifi connection tool that is far superior to the gnome > > network manager. It's called wicd and is much easier to use and seems to > > connect to networks a lot easier. > > Do you really have issues with NetworkManager? Have you tried recent > versions of it? (I'm on F10 beta). > > It is extremely quick (i.e on a par with Airport on the Mac), > automatically selects the correct encryption type, can form ad-hoc > wireless networks, share connections... it's a pretty great piece of > software these days that I don't think could be any easier to use. I > guess looking at wicd's web page, a major advantage would be not > having any Gnome dependencies, although I'm sure a qt-version of > NetworkManager is in the works. > > Jon > Not on my wifi desktop, but on the eeepc when travelling around I was having a few problems. I'm not dissing network-manager as being particularly bad piece of software, but wicd seems to me to be a more intuitive piece of software and provides information and a better format. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html