On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 09:13, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:39:31 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Thanks. that keeps things sane. Now let's start with simple stuff > > first, manually connecting to an open access point at the public > > library. Listed below are files /etc/conf.d/net, ~/bin/wi_open, and > > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.open. Assuming that I have /etc/sudoers > > properly set up, is ~/bin/wi_open the correct incantation? It copies > > the appropriate config to /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and then starts and > > connects wifi. I plan to have multiple config files, to cover different > > situations. > > This sounds like an awful lot of work to do something that Wicd will > handle almost automatically. > > Agreed. After many tries I've found that you really need a network manager like WICD with netbooks or notebooks. Mobile devices require an agile and easy interface for networking. -- Daniel da Veiga
