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michaelkintzios at gmail

Nov 11, 2009, 11:36 PM

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KDE4 equivalent for kwifimanager-3.5

Hi All,

I would use kde-base/kwifimanager-3.5.10 every now and then to check networks,
IP address, or strength of signal when I would not use iwconfig or iwlist.
This will be removed soon, so what is the KDE4 equivalent?
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Regards,
Mick

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tom111 at gmx

Nov 12, 2009, 3:10 AM

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Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I would use kde-base/kwifimanager-3.5.10 every now and then to check networks,
> IP address, or strength of signal when I would not use iwconfig or iwlist.
> This will be removed soon, so what is the KDE4 equivalent?

Suse has a kde4 version of knetworkmanager. I assume that this will
appear in gentoo at some point. Otherwise you could give "wicd" a try. I
found it very functional and useful! It is a service running in the
background but has different programs to show available networks and
configure. The "ncurses" useflag makes it build a cli client. And a GTK
client is built in any case.

cheers
Thomas

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The fundamental theorem of algebra is open source. Like any other
mathematical theorem it can be applied free of charge and everybody
has access to its proof and can convince himself how it works. Why
should software be any different?

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patrick.holthaus at uni-bielefeld

Nov 12, 2009, 3:19 AM

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Hey!

USE=qt4 emerge wpa_supplicant gives you a small gui tool for scanning and
adding networks directly to the wpa_supplicant config file. For me, it does
everything I need.

Patrick

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Warp_7 at gmx

Nov 12, 2009, 4:38 AM

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Am 12.11.2009 08:36, schrieb Mick:
> Hi All,
>
> I would use kde-base/kwifimanager-3.5.10 every now and then to check networks,
> IP address, or strength of signal when I would not use iwconfig or iwlist.
> This will be removed soon, so what is the KDE4 equivalent?

I use KNemo for such things. It displays a symbol for each interface with
in/out indicator in the style of Windows XP. You have the choice between four
different symbols (wireless, computer, pci card, modem) and you can choose for
which interface it should do so.
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Ohne Staub, worin er aufleuchtet, wäre der Sonnenstrahl nicht sichtbar.

michaelkintzios at gmail

Nov 12, 2009, 8:57 AM

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Re: KDE4 equivalent for kwifimanager-3.5 [In reply to]

2009/11/12 Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7 [at] gmx>:
> Am 12.11.2009 08:36, schrieb Mick:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I would use kde-base/kwifimanager-3.5.10 every now and then to check
>> networks,
>> IP address, or strength of signal when I would not use iwconfig or iwlist.
>> This will be removed soon, so what is the KDE4 equivalent?
>
> I use KNemo for such things. It displays a symbol for each interface with
> in/out indicator in the style of Windows XP. You have the choice between
> four different symbols (wireless, computer, pci card, modem) and you can
> choose for which interface it should do so.

Thank you all for your suggestions, it seems that the knetwork manager
may be closer to what I want - although I really just want
kwifimanager. I'll keep an eye out for it.
--
Regards,
Mick

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