wicd and protected WiFi sources

Karl Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Sat May 23 23:37:21 UTC 2009


scott wrote:
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>>     I was asked to try again wicd as a replacement for NetworkManager 
>> and again I run up against the HUGE problem of getting the password for 
>> the WiFi source. I have the password because I made it up. But there is 
>> no straight forward way to tell wicd what the password is. For this 
>> reason there are very few people using wicd I expect.
>>
>>     If anyone knows how to put a password into the darn thing please 
>> pass it along.
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>> Karl
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>>     
> Click on the Wicd icon and then click on the arrow by the network you
> connect to. Then click Advanced Settings and it's at the bottom.
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Using wicd now and it works exactly as you say! It is easy to use IF 
someone tells you how. I was working with wicd templets and the 
/etc/wicd config files to no avail :-)

But your help is perfect. Thank you!

Karl





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