9 Jul
2013
9 Jul
'13
5:12 a.m.
Matthew Cengia <mattcen@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2013-07-09 14:37, Jeremy Visser wrote:
On 09/07/13 12:54, Russell Coker wrote:
Is there a good Debian package for managing Wifi access?
network-manager
I would've said that, but the specification was for a "good" package. I don't know that network-manager qualifies...
Its command line interface is limited; according to Debian's wiki page, you can't configure a static IP address with it (this might have changed); I know people who've inadvertently lost connectivity to remote systems by changing configuration files that network-manager was watching. Of course, if you're aware of this behaviour you can avoid the problem by ensuring that it isn't running when you edit network-related configuration files.