Apps :: I need a wifi manager

I have an orinoco card clone on my laptop and DSL understood it, got me on the net very quickly\-- KUDOS to you guys!

I saw a KDE related wifi manager in a recent Knoppix distro but does anyone have a reccomendation of a non-bloatly gui wifi manager--?
I am used to the clarity of a Mac ibook running OS X and it's nice, clean little wifi managers...

Also, since I have a HD install of DSL, should I be considering a Debian app or can I still use a DSL extension/app? This is a little confusing for me. I barely know how to do apt-get, but I am used to it. The DSL 'one-click' app on my desktop looks interesting. Clarification on this would be great...
-Marimo

can you handle the command line or do you have to have a GUI? All the tools are there in the shell if you want them. for a GUI I believe I saw one in the repository......yeah...wavemon.dsl....

"Wavemon is a wireless network signal monitor. It shows the signal properties of the network you are connected to. I've tested it with a Lucent Orinoco gold card. Other cards may be able to get a list of available access points, but i havent tried one. I made this package using a .deb from debian stable and with help from the guys in the damnsmalllinux.org howto forum."

torp

The first thing most people want to do is scan for access points. The command line for that is this one for most of the drivers.

iwlist [insert your wifi port here - wlan0 for example] scan

To get a list of ports type
ifconfig
or
iwconfig [your wifi port]

for more info on your wifi port

try it to see if it works.

original here.