I need a wifi managerForum: Apps Topic: I need a wifi manager started by: marimo Posted by marimo on Feb. 15 2006,09:51
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 Posted by torp on Feb. 15 2006,18:21
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 Posted by doobit on Feb. 15 2006,18:42
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. |