[Gllug] Browsing WiFi networks on Linux

Daniel P. Berrange dan at berrange.com
Wed Jan 3 12:58:47 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 01:30:26AM +0000, Tethys wrote:
> 
> "Daniel P. Berrange" writes:
> 
> >Sounds like you might want to try NetworkManager
> >
> >http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
> >
> >No more manually configuring /etc/sysconfig/... files each time you
> >want to join a different wifi network. Just select the one you want
> >from the desktop panel applet - it will also auto-switch to wired if 
> >you plug in the ethernet cable.
> 
> I don't suppose anyone's done the sane thing, and written a standalone
> app that interfaces with NetworkManager, for those of us that don't
> want to run a sucky panel on the desktop, have they?

I'm not aware of any command line tool to talk to NetworkManager - only
the GNOME & KDE applets to choose from thus far. 

Regards,
Dan.
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