Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-30 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 28 May 2007 09:42:32 -0500 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote: [snip] As far as I know--which is not much, in any case--the cosmetic protections like hiding the essid, MAC filtering and changing the default WEP password are utterly

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Jose Rodriguez
Chris Lale wrote: [...] You might consider using a broadband modem/router/wifi combined appliance. I use a Philips SNA6500 which has built-in NAT and firewall. It also has the option to enable or reject wireless clients on the basis of their MAC address. So, even if WEP is cracked you are still

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote: [snip] As far as I know--which is not much, in any case--the cosmetic protections like hiding the essid, MAC filtering and changing the default WEP password are utterly useless. Setting up WAP is the way to go, although at least one of its flavours is

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Jose Rodriguez
Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote: [snip] Having said this, I didn't bother to properly secure my own home network yet. If somebody wants to check a couple of e-mails using it just be it. Would you leave your door open so anyone can come in at any hour of the day

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/07 10:28, Jose Rodriguez wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote: [snip] Having said this, I didn't bother to properly secure my own home network yet. If somebody wants to check a couple of e-mails using it just be it. Would you leave your door open so

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-27 Thread Chris Lale
Micha Feigin wrote: [...] I have one of those, the problem is connecting to it, and at the moment I am more worried about reliably connecting, I'll worry about encryption once that is solved. Configuring the wireless interface with the command line (wireless-tools package) is

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-26 Thread Chris Lale
Micha Feigin wrote: I am looking for a reliable wifi manager for gnome for my dad (I'm comfortable enough with the command line and fvwm). I tried using the installed NetworkManger Applet but it doesn't seem to setup things properly, in manual mode after I plug in the usb wifi thingy I need

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-26 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, 26 May 2007 10:34:32 +0100 Chris Lale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Micha Feigin wrote: I am looking for a reliable wifi manager for gnome for my dad (I'm comfortable enough with the command line and fvwm). I tried using the installed NetworkManger Applet but it doesn't seem

reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-25 Thread Micha Feigin
I am looking for a reliable wifi manager for gnome for my dad (I'm comfortable enough with the command line and fvwm). I tried using the installed NetworkManger Applet but it doesn't seem to setup things properly, in manual mode after I plug in the usb wifi thingy I need to do ifdown wlan0

WEP??? (was Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 18:25, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] do ifdown wlan0 followed by a ifup wlan0 and it will sometimes work. In roaming mode it doesn't set the wep key at all. I am trying to convert my dad to linux and proper wifi is kind of the main

Re: WEP??? (was Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome)

2007-05-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 25 May 2007 18:41:22 -0500 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 18:25, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] do ifdown wlan0 followed by a ifup wlan0 and it will sometimes work. In roaming mode it doesn't set the wep key at all.

Re: WEP??? (was Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 19:17, Micha Feigin wrote: On Fri, 25 May 2007 18:41:22 -0500 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 05/25/07 18:25, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] do ifdown wlan0 followed by a ifup wlan0 and it will sometimes work. In roaming mode