[gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Grant]

I have to admit I'm a little sick of constant /etc/conf.d/net and
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.  Does
anyone use a network management app they're happy with?  Especially
one that works well with xfce4?

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Vizo Allman]

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I have been using wicd and it works quit nicely.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have to admit I'm a little sick of constant /etc/conf.d/net and
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.  Does
> anyone use a network management app they're happy with?  Especially
> one that works well with xfce4?
>
> - Grant
>
>


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To have build in Heaven high towers    Nor did he scape
By all his engines
But was headlong sent with his industrious crew
To build in Hell
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:01:39 -0800, Grant wrote:

> I have to admit I'm a little sick of constant /etc/conf.d/net and
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.  Does
> anyone use a network management app they're happy with?  Especially
> one that works well with xfce4?

wicd


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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.  Does
>
There's also wpa_gui.
Liviu



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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Saphirus Sage]

On Feb 7, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have to admit I'm a little sick of constant /etc/conf.d/net and
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.  Does
> anyone use a network management app they're happy with?  Especially
> one that works well with xfce4?
>
> - Grant
>
Have you tried wicd?

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Saphirus Sage]

On Feb 7, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.   
>> Does
>>
> There's also wpa_gui.
> Liviu
>
>
>
> -- 
> Do you know how to read?
> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm
> Do you know how to write?
> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
>

But you can use wicd for most anything from unencryped, to WEP, to WPA  
and WPA2. Wicd is just plain easy. 

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Grant]

>>> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.  Does
>>>
>> There's also wpa_gui.
>> Liviu
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Do you know how to read?
>> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm
>> Do you know how to write?
>> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
>>
>
> But you can use wicd for most anything from unencryped, to WEP, to WPA and
> WPA2. Wicd is just plain easy.

Just what I was looking for, thanks everyone.

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 17:46:26 -0500, Saphirus Sage wrote:

> But you can use wicd for most anything from unencryped, to WEP, to WPA  
> and WPA2. Wicd is just plain easy.

The only thing I wish it would handle, that the latest NetworkManager
does, is 3G modem connections.


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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Grant]

>> But you can use wicd for most anything from unencryped, to WEP, to WPA
>> and WPA2. Wicd is just plain easy.
>
> The only thing I wish it would handle, that the latest NetworkManager
> does, is 3G modem connections.

Why choose wicd over NetworkManager?

- Grant

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Francesco Talamona]

On Sunday 08 February 2009, Grant wrote:
> Why choose wicd over NetworkManager?

Hi guys I'm back with a differend mail address, hope someone missed 
me :-)

I tested both, but NM keeps shutting down wired NIC randomly, sometimes 
is eth0, other times is eth1.

eth0 and ath0 are connected to the same access point, so it is sane to 
inhibite eth0, but I have hundred services relying on eth1 (fixed IP, 
internal network), half my system go upside down when eth1 lose its 
address. I don't want NM to touch this interface, even it is unplugged.

Is it there a way to fix this?

With wicd is trivial to pair eth0 and ath0, but it runs wireless for a 
few minutes, then it switches back to wired.

So I'm going to try wpa_gui...

Cheers
	Francesco

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 15:46:18 -0800, Grant wrote:

> > The only thing I wish it would handle, that the latest NetworkManager
> > does, is 3G modem connections.  
> 
> Why choose wicd over NetworkManager?

It was far easier to set up so that my wireless connection was available
before the desktop loaded. It also handles reconnections in a more
straightforward manner.

That saves a lot more time than I lose by having to type "sudo pon"
occasionally.


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I'm not closed minded, you're just wrong.

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Momesso Andrea]

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On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 02:58:13PM -0800, Grant wrote:
> >>> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf editing while traveling.  Does
> >>>
> >> There's also wpa_gui.
> >> Liviu
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Do you know how to read?
> >> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm
> >> Do you know how to write?
> >> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
> >>
> >
> > But you can use wicd for most anything from unencryped, to WEP, to WPA and
> > WPA2. Wicd is just plain easy.
> 
> Just what I was looking for, thanks everyone.
> 
> - Grant

Is it possbible with wicd to manage pppoe connections when a certain
wireless network is conntected?

And what about gprs connections over my bluetooth phone? (actually I use
ppp over rfcomm in my /etc/conf.d/net)

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:55:54 +0100, Momesso Andrea wrote:

> Is it possbible with wicd to manage pppoe connections when a certain
> wireless network is conntected?
> 
> And what about gprs connections over my bluetooth phone? (actually I use
> ppp over rfcomm in my /etc/conf.d/net)

Not yet, it currently only supports wired and wireless ethernet. PPP
connections are not supported, but not ruled out for the future.


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[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} xfce4 network management?

[Francesco Talamona]

On Sunday 08 February 2009, Francesco Talamona wrote:
> On Sunday 08 February 2009, Grant wrote:
> > Why choose wicd over NetworkManager?
>
> Hi guys I'm back with a differend mail address, hope someone missed
> me :-)
>
> I tested both, but NM keeps shutting down wired NIC randomly,
> sometimes is eth0, other times is eth1.
>
> eth0 and ath0 are connected to the same access point, so it is sane
> to inhibite eth0, but I have hundred services relying on eth1 (fixed
> IP, internal network), half my system go upside down when eth1 lose
> its address. I don't want NM to touch this interface, even it is
> unplugged.
>
> Is it there a way to fix this?
>
> With wicd is trivial to pair eth0 and ath0, but it runs wireless for
> a few minutes, then it switches back to wired.
>
> So I'm going to try wpa_gui...
>
> Cheers
> 	Francesco

An the winner is...

wicd.

The uptime was quite regular, so it came to my mind the DHCP client 
demon.

It was the DHCP indeed, instead of automatic (that picks up dhclient) I 
switched to dhcpcd and now works like a charm

Ciao
	Francesco

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