[COLUG] Auto-attaching to arbitrary wireless networks

[Rob Funk]

Duane wrote:
> Rob Funk wrote:
> > So I started doing some apt-cache searching.
> >   apt-cache search wireless | grep -i kde
>
> Oh so close :)
>
> # apt-cache search networkmanager|grep -i kde
> knetworkmanager - KDE systray applet for controlling NetworkManager
> network-manager-kde - KDE systray applet for controlling NetworkManager
>
> seems network manager isn't a window manager specific app, but provides
> hooks for window manager specific apps.

Hmm, I already had that running; Kubuntu has that running by default.  It 
doesn't do anything with scanning or associating with wireless networks, 
but if the card is associated with a network then knetworkmanager lets me 
set up the TCP/IP aspect (i.e. usually kick dhclient).

I just came back from someplace where I suspected there might be a 
wireless access point.... I first used kwifimanager to scan, found and 
attached to a network with their name on it, then used knetworkmanager to 
get an IP address.  Worked well enough.

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