On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:37:03 +0000 (GMT), dhk...@optonline.net wrote: > I'm trying to get wireless working reliably on my laptop. I have > followed the documentation, but still have a lot of questions . . . > especially since it only seems to work sometimes. First, I'm using WPA > Supplicant without the gui tools. > Second, I'm in NYC and there are a lot of networks I can use around > town. > Third, Is there a way I can control the services I use from the Grub > menu? Since the laptop has a wireless card and an RJ45 jack, I'd like > to be able boot and not use one or the other. Since I know if I'm not > physically connected to a network, there's really no reason to even try > eth0. Forth, The problem. I'm not sure how wpa_supplicant works or how > it should work.
Wicd answers all of these questions. It connects via eth0 if a cable is connected, otherwise it takes care of multiple wireless networks. It avoids all the hassles with wpa_supplicant too. -- Neil Bothwick "B?#$^f," said Pooh, as line noise garbled his transmission.
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