wireless!

[Brian McKee]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Daniel Dalton
<daniel.dalton at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Setting up a system for some people making the switch from windows, and
> have no idea. :) So on my system, I'm a bit of a command line guy, I use
> wpa_supplicant for managing my wireless. What graphical tool is best for
> the gnome desktop to adjust wireless settings? Is it network-admin? The
> network uses wpa v1, and the device is supported, sudo iwlist scan shows
> up networks! So, what is the most user friendly gnome graphical tool for
> managing all networks, with wep, wpa and even no security?

Hi Daniel

The default on most versions of Hardy is Network Manager.
Just add the applet to their top bar if it isn't there already.
Many people (esp in Hardy) have some issues with Network Manager not
working consistantly,
and have had better results installing and using WICD - wicd.sourceforge.net

I have to say, as much time as I spend on the commandline each day, if
there are two things where
prefer a GUI it's email and wifi connections :-)

Brian