Is there hidden somewhere a tool to configure the various network interfaces, both wired and wi-fi ?
If possible, GUI rather than CLI !
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ejsolutions
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Re: Network config(s)
sudo apt-get install wicd
[Not hidden - it's mentioned elsewhere on the forum, though information is getting increasingly disjointed.
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Note: network-manager is also an option, though LAN is relatively easy to configure in CLI and wicd seems more efficient at wireless, in my experience.
[Not hidden - it's mentioned elsewhere on the forum, though information is getting increasingly disjointed.
]Note: network-manager is also an option, though LAN is relatively easy to configure in CLI and wicd seems more efficient at wireless, in my experience.
Re: Network config(s)
Of course apt-get needs the wifi to run before it can download wicd, and wicd is needed to config the wifi...ejsolutions wrote:sudo apt-get install wicd
Note: network-manager is also an option, though LAN is relatively easy to configure in CLI and wicd seems more efficient at wireless, in my experience.
Is there somewhere a HowTo explaining the CLI wifi config ?
More generally, should we agitate for the inclusion of config tools in the next release of Raspbian ? Cause without easy-to-use tools (like MCC in Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia) I fear it will remain a distribution for geeks.
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ejsolutions
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Re: Network config(s)
As will the Pi in its' current incarnation, given the fiasco of faulty/ill-conceived USB and PSU pickiness.rolgiati wrote:... I fear it will remain a distribution for geeks.
[I had made an enquiry/suggestion some time back, as to whether wicd/network-manager should be included by default.]
Re: Network config(s)
Well, I seem to be in luck with a Blue Proton BT3 (Realtek 8187) Wifi dongle, ifconfig shows wlan0 after booting.ejsolutions wrote:As will the Pi in its' current incarnation, given the fiasco of faulty/ill-conceived USB and PSU pickiness.rolgiati wrote:... I fear it will remain a distribution for geeks.
Now, If I could find the instructions for setting the fixed IP address and DNS, and the WPA password...
Re: Network config(s)
The normal Debian documentation applies, see http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse for example.rolgiati wrote: Now, If I could find the instructions for setting the fixed IP address and DNS, and the WPA password...
If you want to configure WPA without additional tools, you can do it in /etc/network/interfaces. Try 'man interfaces' on the pi.