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 3BE3E13838B for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 08:01:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ECA65E09DF; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 08:01:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq1.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.34.164]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E89E09AE for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 08:01:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.34.136] (helo=smtp5.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XbPiN-0004Ht-1R for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:01:47 +0200 Received: from 53579160.cm-6-8c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([83.87.145.96] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp5.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XbPiM-0003mQ-P8 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:01:47 +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 957244B for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 10:01:40 +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 10:01:57 +0200 Message-ID: <176585938.hHMXP91M15@andromeda> Organization: Antarean User-Agent: KMail/4.12.5 (Linux/3.14.14-gentoo; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20141007095004.00003b40@iiiha.com> References: <1684065.31sZu55WhJ@andromeda> <20141007095004.00003b40@iiiha.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: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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: ec4a4531-73fc-45d1-abe5-6e930c08fcb1 X-Archives-Hash: e4816a20f03ce469f1ffda3e664bbba7 On Tuesday, October 07, 2014 09:50:04 AM hogren wrote: > Le Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:22:35 +0200, >=20 > "J. Roeleveld" a =E9crit : > > 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 :-) > > > >=20 > > > > The main reason wicd development has stopped is that the develo= per > > > > started using NetworkManager. > > >=20 > > > Am I the only one still using /etc/conf.d/net and wpa_cli / wpa_g= ui? > >=20 > > 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-t= os > > online. > >=20 > > Never mind trying to connect to different VPNs. > >=20 > > -- > > Joost >=20 > Hello, >=20 > Like Joost, I think that it's a good thing to just use /etc/conf.d/ne= t > where you always use the same WiFi network(s). Actually, that is not what I said. I use /etc/conf.d/net for wired desktops. All wireless is done using NM. > When you are mobile, you > should use a network manager (wicd, Network Manager, or other). You should use whatever you prefer. For ease-of-use, a working GUI can = be=20 preferable. -- Joost