<div dir="ltr">I would also like to see NetworkManager on the FreeRunner. Preferably v0.7, it's not out yet, but its still much better than 0.6, and the API and code makes a lot more sense to me. And with all the work that Dan Williams put into the OLPC version of it, it shouldn't be too heavy in resources. Once I setup my computer for building I'll probably start to port it, but I have no idea how long that will be.<br>
<br>-Bob Frank<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Russell Sears <<a href="mailto:sears@cs.berkeley.edu">sears@cs.berkeley.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Stephen Shelton wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 07:36:29PM +0200, Christophe Badoit wrote:<br>
>> For WEP, I'm currently connecting with :<br>
>><br>
>> ifconfig eth0 up<br>
>> iwconfig eth0 essid any<br>
>> iwconfig eth0 key 'mykey'<br>
>> iwconfig eth0 essid 'myssid'<br>
>> ifup eth0<br>
>><br>
>> Something strange, I am unable to set the key (iwconfig key) if the<br>
>> essid is not "any".<br>
>><br>
>> I began patching wifi-radar (a wifi python/gtk app) for the FR, if I've<br>
>> got enough time, I'll try to release it.<br>
>><br>
>> - --<br>
>> Christophe Badoit<br>
><br>
> I was able to connect to my WEP network doing the above. Thanks for the<br>
> pointer... that should get me started!<br>
><br>
> I'd rather see wicd used as a gui; my experience with wifi-radar has been just<br>
> awful. The UI locks up frequently, is it even using any multi threading? Wicd<br>
> has worked very nicely for me, and seems a bit more configurable.<br>
<br>
</div>Not to jump into a religious war, but why not use something based on<br>
NetworkManager?<br>
<br>
It provides clean separation between the scripting / hardware<br>
interfacing stuff and the gui. It also supports multiple types of<br>
network devices (I use it to for the ethernet and wifi on my laptop, and<br>
it seems to know what pppd and modems are...).<br>
<br>
It supports all sorts of crazy network security protocols, including<br>
many of the wifi ones and openvpn. It's the default under ubuntu these<br>
days, and is distribution and gui toolkit agnostic. There are GUIs for<br>
qt and gtk (and perhaps others). I think there are also command line<br>
utilities, though I've never needed them.<br>
<br>
Regardless of which GUI is added, it probably should also know about<br>
usb0, and GPRS so that it's easy to switch between networks, and to tell<br>
if you're burning through your cell phone data plan or using wifi... ;)<br>
<br>
-Rusty<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
><br>
> I'd really like to see someone who knows what they are talking about update that<br>
> wiki page; I'm sure that's a sore spot for quite a few new openmoko users...<br>
><br>
<br>
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