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Post subject: How to configure wireless?
 Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 05:44 PM
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Joined: May 15, 2008
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Hello,
I've read the wiki on installing wlan cards but (to me anyway) it doesn't go far enough. I need further help.
As advised by the sidux installer, I've:
- downloaded and installed the intel iwl3945 firmware,
- run modprobe -r iwl3945
- run modprobe iwl3945
I even downloaded and installed wpa_supplicant and a wpagui. Now, how do I search for and connect to the nearest access point?
I live on a campus with at least two wireless networks, so I need a connection manager that will scan for all available access points, present them to me and allow me to choose which one I wish to connect to.
I didn't see that in the wiki  So can someone help me, please? |
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Post subject: RE: How to configure wireless?
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 06:40 PM
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Joined: Oct 28, 2007
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Location: California
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There are two well-supported ways to do this.
1) Ceni
Just run Ceni as root, and it will list your nearby access points and let you connect to them.
2) WPA Roaming: http://sidux.com/index.php?module=pnWik ... wparoaming
This is a bit more complex, but once you set it up it will run without you. I personally use this on my machine. You can also use a gui with wpa_gui.
Some people like to use other GUIs, like wifi-radar, wicd, or network-manager-kde. Personally, I think they are junk--especially network-manager which requires a ton of overhead. However, use whatever makes you feel comfortable. |
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Posted: Jun 21, 2008 - 07:25 AM
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Joined: May 15, 2008
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Hi InfinityCircuit,
I just tried Ceni and it works fine!
I just lost all incentive to configure wpa for roaming 
Thanks a lot man. |
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