From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F14D13838B for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 07:31:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14C3AE09C7; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 07:31:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.169]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91D50E0904 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 07:31:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.137] (helo=smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XbOAD-0001aL-Tz for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:22:25 +0200 Received: from 53579160.cm-6-8c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([83.87.145.96] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XbOAD-0008Fc-N8 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:22:25 +0200 Received: from andromeda.localnet (unknown [213.19.196.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 97D644B for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 08:22:19 +0200 (CEST) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice) [SOLVED] Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:22:35 +0200 Message-ID: <1684065.31sZu55WhJ@andromeda> Organization: Antarean User-Agent: KMail/4.12.5 (Linux/3.14.14-gentoo; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <201410062306.07478.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <20141006115354.4314faf6@digimed.co.uk> <201410062306.07478.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Ziggo-spambar: ---- X-Ziggo-spamscore: -4.9 X-Ziggo-spamreport: ALL_TRUSTED=-1,BAYES_00=-1.9,PROLO_TRUST_RDNS=-3,RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.982 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: a1f698a6-6467-4a25-95a2-f380d74a9018 X-Archives-Hash: c9894c92a9176c2652190f67c40dcdcc On Monday, October 06, 2014 11:06:03 PM Mick wrote: > On Monday 06 Oct 2014 11:53:54 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:21:03 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > nm has come a long way of late it seems. Perhaps I should revise my > > > stance on it :-) > > > > The main reason wicd development has stopped is that the developer > > started using NetworkManager. > > Am I the only one still using /etc/conf.d/net and wpa_cli / wpa_gui? For wired desktops, I use the /etc/conf.d/net file. For laptops, where I need to connect to different WIFI networks regularly, I like the way NM just seems to work. I always had issues with wpa_cli/wpa_gui, even when following how-tos online. Never mind trying to connect to different VPNs. -- Joost