Mr Frosti
January 7th, 2006, 01:32 AM
One of the essential tasks of a laptop user is to be able to quickly and easily connect to different wireless access points. If anyone has used the "Network Monitor" program that starts with Ubuntu by default, you understand what a frustrating task this can be.
I came across a Project listed on the Ubuntu Forums named "GTKWifi", and figured I would share it with other people in need of a solid wifi app.
GTKWifi at a glace supports the following features:
One click connecting
Access Point scanning
Preferred network list
WEP key memory
Fast and easy interface
The project page can be found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=34645&page=1
To install GTKWifi follow these instructions:
1) Open up a terminal by clicking "Applications" -> "Accessories" -> "Terminal"
2) Copy the code in the code boxes, and paste it into the terminal: (Updated to 1.09, thanks Moebius)
wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gtkwifi/gtkwifi-1.09.deb
This downloads the file to your computer
sudo dpkg -i gtkwifi-1.09.deb
This will begin to install the file. You will be prompted for the administrator password. This will be your password.
Once the installation is complete, right click on one of the Gnome panels, at either the top or the bottom of the screen. Click on "Add to Panel". At the very bottom of the list, under "Utility" you will see the "Wireless Connection Manager" application. Select this and click "Add"
You have now installed this application to your panel. To start it, click on it, and select the wireless access point, if any, that you wish to connect to.
That was an easy one. Thanks goes to Brian Cairns.
I came across a Project listed on the Ubuntu Forums named "GTKWifi", and figured I would share it with other people in need of a solid wifi app.
GTKWifi at a glace supports the following features:
One click connecting
Access Point scanning
Preferred network list
WEP key memory
Fast and easy interface
The project page can be found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=34645&page=1
To install GTKWifi follow these instructions:
1) Open up a terminal by clicking "Applications" -> "Accessories" -> "Terminal"
2) Copy the code in the code boxes, and paste it into the terminal: (Updated to 1.09, thanks Moebius)
wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gtkwifi/gtkwifi-1.09.deb
This downloads the file to your computer
sudo dpkg -i gtkwifi-1.09.deb
This will begin to install the file. You will be prompted for the administrator password. This will be your password.
Once the installation is complete, right click on one of the Gnome panels, at either the top or the bottom of the screen. Click on "Add to Panel". At the very bottom of the list, under "Utility" you will see the "Wireless Connection Manager" application. Select this and click "Add"
You have now installed this application to your panel. To start it, click on it, and select the wireless access point, if any, that you wish to connect to.
That was an easy one. Thanks goes to Brian Cairns.