Comments on: Open Source Odysseys: Linux on the Laptop http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/02/06/open_source_odysseys_linux_on_the_laptop.html Musings of a techie lawyer Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Wendy http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/02/06/open_source_odysseys_linux_on_the_laptop.html#comment-569 Wendy Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:30:06 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=381#comment-569 That said, network-manager does in fact enable easy connection to WPA networks. And here, the SSID deletion option: <a href="http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ#head-bef25c7fff6853c702b745626a9b6fb40058f0e4" rel="nofollow">http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ#head-bef25c7fff6853c702b745626a9b6fb40058f0e4</a> gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /system/networking/wireless/networks/ That said, network-manager does in fact enable easy connection to WPA networks.

And here, the SSID deletion option:
http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ#head-bef25c7fff6853c702b745626a9b6fb40058f0e4

gconftool-2 –recursive-unset /system/networking/wireless/networks/

]]> By: Wendy http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/02/06/open_source_odysseys_linux_on_the_laptop.html#comment-568 Wendy Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:28:22 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=381#comment-568 Eventually. That was one of the more painful apps to install, primarily because the Ubuntu packager seems to have made it zero-configuration by making it inactive on previously configured interfaces. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager I'm still trying to find where to indicate selection of preferred networks and how to de-select a network that's been used once. Eventually. That was one of the more painful apps to install, primarily because the Ubuntu packager seems to have made it zero-configuration by making it inactive on previously configured interfaces.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager

I’m still trying to find where to indicate selection of preferred networks and how to de-select a network that’s been used once.

]]> By: Thomas Roessler http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/02/06/open_source_odysseys_linux_on_the_laptop.html#comment-567 Thomas Roessler Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:00:46 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=381#comment-567 I'd be curious to learn whether network-manager is working out for you on Ubuntu. On Fedora, I find it to be indispensable, and particularly like the fact that WPA works without any fancy system-level configuration work. I’d be curious to learn whether network-manager is working out for you on Ubuntu. On Fedora, I find it to be indispensable, and particularly like the fact that WPA works without any fancy system-level configuration work.

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