[wplug] choosing a wireless AP via nice GUI control?

[Jason Dunn]

I know Fedora has something that sounds like what you're looking for. 
NetworkManager: http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager/

I use it all the time, and it works pretty good for me, of course I'm 
using it on Fedora, so I don't know how well it will work with Debian.

Jason

Rick Reynolds wrote:
> I'm running Debian (Sarge still, going to jump to Etch this weekend) on 
> a laptop.  I've got the wireless working great.  I run wireless in my 
> house with a WEP key in place, but most of my friends' wireless networks 
> are wide open.  So when I go to their houses, I end up having to drop to 
> a command line so I can enter a "iwconfig eth1 enc off" command, then 
> rerun "dhclient eth1" to get an IP address, etc., sometimes running an 
> "ifdown / ifup" cycle.
> 
> Is there a nice GUI tool that will just show me the wireless networks 
> that are available and let me pick one (prompting for passkey if 
> necessary), ala Win XP?  I feel like I'm working in the dark ages on my 
> high-tech Latitude D800.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rick Reynolds

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