Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Network Manager problems and solving same; was:Re: top five mistakes of newbies

My bad. I did not check any documentation which is why I prefaced it with "I
think". It was based on limited experience and not very recent, so I stand
corrected.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 24 October 2010 12:17, dbneeley <dbneeley@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Roy,
>
> You are mistaken. It took about ten seconds to find the home page, where it
> says:
>
> "Some of Wicd's features include:
> A full-featured interactive console interface and graphical interface
> No required graphical dependencies (ie, no X, Gnome, KDE)
> GTK interface has no GNOME dependencies, so it can be used in XFCE,
> Fluxbox, Openbox, Enlightenment, etc.
> Ability to connect to wired (Ethernet only, no PPPoE/DSL support yet) and
> wireless networks
> Profiles for each wireless network and wired network
> Many encryption schemes, some of which include WEP/WPA/WPA2 (and you can
> add your own)
> Remains compatible with wireless-tools
> Tray icon showing network activity and signal strength"
> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/
>
> Note the line beginning "Many encryption schemes".
>
> I found it every bit as easy to use as Network Manager--and it has no
> specific GUI dependencies.
>
> David
>
>
> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think that WiCD supports WPA. So as long as you are using WEP it
> is
> > a good choice.
> >
> > Roy
>
>
>

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