On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: > I rely on WLAssistant for my WiFi connection management. I understand > that it becomes obsolete under KDE4. Is there a planned replacement or > will I be forced to use Network Manager or some other scheme? > > - Nate >>
Hi Nate, I've been using a combination of wpasupplicant roaming, and wpagui (qt frontend) on debian/sidux wpasupplicant is nice because it is a daemon that *just works* in or out of X, with preconfigured networks. Networks can be configured in X via the wpagui frontend, or out of X via /etc/network/interfaces + wpa-roam.conf text files (Obviously this is a worst case scenario when you have lost X and have no familiar network around) I combine this with a small reconfiguration of ifplugd to manage hotplugging my ethernet so I get the following behaviour (in or out of X): Ethernet plugged in, wlan down Unplug ethernet, wlan comes up and connects to any known/configured network Replug ethernet, wlan brought down again Ethernet uses dhcp 99% of the time as configured in standard debian conf files (/etc/network/interfaces) but can be easily changed (once again, in or out of X) The beauty of this setup is it preserves the debian network stack which provides excellent consistency and stability on an unstable package base (sid/experimental), and there is no dependency on gui management tools - they are merely an extra convenience. I have no idea which other distros implement anything like this, so if you're not using debian I'm afraid this may not be of any value :/ Regards, Bernie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
