wireless networks

[Marius Gedminas]

On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 10:05:55AM +0300, עדי קושניר wrote:
> I'm new to ubuntu and I'm using version 10.04.
> How can I connect to a wireless network in ubuntu?
> Please note, I'm blind and I'm using the Orca screen reader witch is
> build in to Ubuntu.
> So please give me instructions on how to doo the task I want with the
> keyboard and not with the mouse.

It appears to be extremely difficult :(

I tried to focus the Network Manager icon in the topmost panel with the
keyboard, and ended up locking up my whole GUI session (one of the
applets, likely the Me menu, grabbed the keyboard focus and did not
release the grab no matter what).

If the wireless network doesn't use WPA encryption, you can try
to do it from a terminal:

  1. Open a terminal
  2. Run nm-tool to find, first, the name of your wireless device
     (typical names are wlan0 or eth1) and the list of available access
     points.
  2. Run 'sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid network-name', then run 'sudo
     dhclient wlan0' (replace wlan0 with the actual name of your
     wireless device).

This goes behind Network-Manager's back, and some applications (like the
default Instant Messaging client, Empathy) will assume you're still
offline and refuse to work.  :(

Marius Gedminas
-- 
OK, so you're a Ph.D.  Just don't touch anything.
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