On Mon, 27 May 2019 09:29:46 +0200 Jonas Smedegaard <jo...@jones.dk> wrote:
> Quoting Patrick Bartek (2019-05-27 03:49:06) > > Needing to convert this box from wired ethernet to wireless, I > > searched for a suitable network manager and wicd looked good: No > > desktop environment dependencies (I use a window manager Openbox > > and single lxpanel), compatibility with Openbox, etc. > > [ unneeded systemd details snipped ] > > > After more investigating, I came across wifi-radar whose simulated > > install doesn't muck my system. Any suggestions for something > > better? I could just go with iwconfig or iw? No big deal. I've > > done it before. But being lazy, if I can find an app to do the > > work, so much the better. > > Here are the options I know of which provides a UI with wifi strength > and being more lightweight than network-manager, listed in order of > personal preference for install on Buster (some, iwd in particular, > is notably less mature on Stretch): > > iwd is extremely lightweight console-only tool yet provides > interactive probing of wifi strength. It integrates fine with > network-manager and systemd if a) explicitly telling those systems to > use it and b) explicitly turned off wpasupplicant. > > connman is in my experience more reliable than wicd but looks ugly. > > wicd felt unreliable in my experience - but possibly I didn't give it > enough attention (see above about disabling wpasupplicant). > > iw + wifi-radar if all else fails. :-) > > > - Jonas > > > P.S. At first I skipped this excellent question due to it being > presented as a rant about systemd. I dearly recommend to _avoid_ > mixing rants with questions, as you then are more likely to miss > valuable input. > On a headless system I want connection on preferred system, when not available to another system. I want this without GUI I tried wicd and hate networkmanager. Any hints on cli is welcome!
