On 1 April 2010 07:17, Ilya Ilembitov <ilembi...@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> AFAIK, there is no GUI app for managing wireless connections on OpenBSD
> (such as NetworkManager or WICD). While such a thing is not necessary in
> case of a desktop user (you add your home wireless network just once and
> never touch it again), a laptop user could really benefit from such a
> thing, since he needs to switch between networks quite frequently. I know
> there is dhcpcd-ui, but AFAIK not only does it require a patch for a
> kernel, but it also manages encryptions through wpa_supplicant, not
> ifconfig. However, something similar is needed.
>
> So my question is, has someone ever tried writing custom scripts to do
> the job? Or maybe someone has a better solution (besides using ifconfig
> directly). I know some guys use OpenBox pipe menus for that, but is there
> some WM-independent option?
>

I have some dumb shell scripts cause I always forget ifconfig arguments.
A curses interface would be nice.

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