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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:17:02PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:59:25 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> >> Seriously, just use wicd, dump the rest. |
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> > +1 |
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> Call me old-fashioned, I use wpa_supplicant. :) |
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Actually, I'll call you confused :) |
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Comparing wpa_supplicant and wicd is comparing the apples to, uh, pig, |
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I guess. wpa_supplicant provides the user-end of the WPA |
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authentication process; wicd provides a system of managing networks. |
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In fact, wicd calls wpa_supplicant on networks encrypted that way. |
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It would be more proper for you to say (if it is true), that you |
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prefer to issue the '/etc/init.d/net.something start' commands by |
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hand. That will make you properly curmudgeonly. |
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I was that way once. But after using one flaky network too many |
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(it is mighty annoying to have to open a console and type |
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'/etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart' every five minutes), I've since |
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converted to wicd too. |
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HTH, |
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Willie W. Wong wwong@××××××××××××××.edu |
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Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire |
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et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton |
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