On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 13:19 +0000, T o n g wrote: > I always use wired network for my laptop because I don't know how to > properly get wireless going. I've been to web sites like the following > but they all look rather complicated.
> Now I want to try just again. So, what packages do I need to install in > order to get my wire-networked laptop going wireless? What are the > configuration (and troubleshooting) steps? Check http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse I am particularly fond of wpa_supplicant in roaming mode [1] but you might want to take a look at wicd or network-mangler as well. wicd and network-mangler also have curses interfaces, but it is impossible to use them for advanced setups like RADIUS, ... [1] /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa-roam.conf -- .''`. Wolodja Wentland <wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> : :' : `. `'` 4096R/CAF14EFC `- 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC
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