With a mixed home network - wired and wireless, Linux and Vista, I have had no end of issues. WICD does seem to work better especially after uninstalling other network managers. When I discovered that I could solve most of the issues with a better router, I upgraded my WRT54G by flashing with <a href="http://openwrt.org/">OpenWrt</a>. It was not only easy to accomplish but solved a major issue of needing to reboot the router up to once per day depending on how many connections are in memory. Regards, Vic <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Nigel Ridley <<a href="mailto:nigel@rmk.co.il">nigel@rmk.co.il</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I recently bought a Dell 1525 Inspiron laptop and am planning on setting up a wireless router at home. I would also like to be able to use 'hotspots' and wireless connections at friend's homes. I read on this list that WICD is superior to KNetworkManager. I also read an interesting article about WICD [<a href="http://www.linux.com/feature/118224" target="_blank">http://www.linux.com/feature/118224</a>] where one of the comments was that one should uninstall KNetworkManager as it conflicts with WICD. Any comments or recommendations/suggestions? TIA Blessings, Nigel -- OliveRoot Ministries <a href="http://www.oliveroot.net/" target="_blank">http://www.oliveroot.net/</a> PrayingForIsrael.net <a href="http://www.prayingforisrael.net/" target="_blank">http://www.prayingforisrael.net/</a> -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Vic Dickey Home 704-843-5033