Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-28 Thread Freeman
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 04:54:31PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat,27.Feb.10, 09:03:48, Freeman wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > > There is the wicd-curses interface. I have never tried it, though. > > > > > > I have. The UI is not the bes

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,27.Feb.10, 09:03:48, Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > There is the wicd-curses interface. I have never tried it, though. > > > > I have. The UI is not the best, but it works. > > Funny. I would have called it the best. There are som

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-27 Thread Freeman
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,26.Feb.10, 08:47:46, Rob Owens wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24:39AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does > > > anyone know how to conf

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread green
green wrote at 2010-02-26 22:06 -0700: > I have wicd version 1.7.0-3; it includes wicd-cli which might work well for > you. Actually, wicd-cli is packaged separately. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread green
Daniel Dalton wrote at 2010-02-26 18:43 -0700: > I did try wicd-curses, but as I'm blind it didn't seem to work great with > speakup. I have wicd version 1.7.0-3; it includes wicd-cli which might work well for you. For example, the following command will list wireless networks: wicd-cli -ly s

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 05:43:52AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > there are examples in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/ Ah yes, and the readme proved very useful. I've got it all working with wpa_supplicant now. It works well on my home net, so lets hope it connects to open wifi:) I'm very conf

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:42:12AM -0500, Tom H wrote: > > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does > > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently > > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start > > X I would prefer

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,26.Feb.10, 08:47:46, Rob Owens wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24:39AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does > > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently > > using wicd, so all my ha

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread Sebastian
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > Hi Dan > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start > X

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread Omar Campagne
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24:39AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start > X I would

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24:39AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start > X I wou

Re: wireless from the command line

2010-02-26 Thread Tom H
> I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start > X I would prefer to manage wifi connections through the cli. > I believe I have