Can WCID be included in Wheezy image?

[smartroad]

Trying to setup WiFi on my Pi while it is running headless is a headache! I have personally had no success at all with any of the instructions I found on the net editing individual files etc. Then I found 'wcid' which provides a GUI like experience on the command line and over SSH. It made the whole process of setting up my wireless no more difficult then on the desktop.

If you have your Pi connected to a wired interface then just:

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sudo apt-get install wicd

then run:

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sudo wicd-client

find your wireless and press enter then type in any details you need. Save and quit and you should connected to your wireless network! No manual editing of config files needed.

Would it be possible to include this within the Wheezy distribution as I found it made it much easier to setup wireless with it?

[klricks]

Looks like a good program:
http://wicd.sourceforge.net/

However I would not think that a one time use program would be added to the image as it is expected that most users would not be running the RPi headless.

Also you could install XRDP on the RPi and use a free RDP client on a Window or Linux computer to remotely connect with the RPi and have a full GUI session. You could then use the built in WIFI GUI utility.
Here is how I setup RDP: http://64.13.91.137:86/Comp/RPi/RDP.html

[simplesi]

I think for things like this, then if this proposal http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 50#p369121 was implemented, then it would be easy to have a simple script to automate the installing of whatever any one person wanted on a clean image.

In this case, just to install wcid.

For klricks - XRDP and In my case, I'd install x11vnc (as that's what I use for remote sessions) and then use the standard wi-fi utility

Simon

[smartroad]

However I would not think that a one time use program would be added to the image as it is expected that most users would not be running the RPi headless.

It comes with a GUI and CURSES interface and allows much easier setup of a static IP compared to WPA-GUI in as much as it allows you to set a static IP which I haven't figured out with WPA-GUI how to do - it limits you to only DHCP assigned addresses.

And after all - technically WPA-GUI is one time use for most people as well but something needs to be there to connect to a wireless network.

For me I found that WCID is a smarter interface on the GUI, allows easy setup of static IPs and has a CURSES interface for those who wish to run headless.

[klricks]

Instead of static, I use IP to MAC address reservations on my router (DHCP). When set up like this, the RPi always gets the same IP address and there is no configuration to do on the RPi itself.

Before setting up, you do have to get to a point where the WIFI on the RPi is detected by the router or somehow get the MAC address of the WIFI dongle.