Wireless Network Applet

[Ivo Marino]

On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 18:10 -0500, Patrick Wagstrom wrote:

> Howdy Folks,
> 
Hello Patrick,

> So I've got a need to switch wireless networks quite a bit between
> different locations, some use encryption, some don't, some have DHCP,
> some don't, you know the drill.  Anyway, I was jealous because other
> distros have NetworkManager or NetApplet and they both seem to be a pain
> to install under Warty, so keeping with the Ubuntu mad-python-love, I
> whipped up my own system.  It's by no means perfect, but it works well
> enough for me.  I figured I'd share it with some other folks in hopes
> that they might find it useful too.  It still is a hacker toy, but with
> a little sweet love, we might just make the world (and the applet) a
> better place.
> 
I have your exact same needs on my Warty G3 iBook2.

> Anyway, if anyone is looking for a nifty little hack to try out on their
> Ubuntu install, might I pimp my own software and recommend pywifiapplet.
> You can find it at
> http://patrick.wagstrom.net/projects/personal/pywifiapplet-0.1.tar.gz
> 
I'll check it out ASAP.
Actually I've workarounded the problem using network stanza
in /etc/network/interfaces. When I need to connect to AirMat e.g. (A
DHCP based Wi-Fi Network in my Uni) I use:

	ifdown eth1		"Shutdown default eth1 network"
	ifup eth1=airmat	"airmat is the relative eth1 stanza"

This works fine for now but is, as you can see, a pure console solution
so I need to open a terminal each time under GNOME. An applet would be
much more useful (Your aproach to the problem).

> Thanks!
> 
Regards,

 I.

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