NM alternatives for wireless

[Mark Haney]

Andras Simon wrote:
> Are there any alternatives to NetwokManager for managing wireless connections?
> I don't care if it's got gui or cli as long as it lets me configure
> multiple connections and choose from among them.
> 
> Andras
> 

I have a similar situation, wireless at home and at the office and at 
Wifi hotspots all over town.  To be honest, I've given up on the GUI 
clients almost completely (NM I think might be coming along, but it's 
not high on my list to try to debug since I don't use it that often) and 
have gone with some very simple BASH scripts that let me load whatever 
configuration I want when I need it.  I've never been particularly lucky 
with loading wireless interfaces on boot (one desktop being the 
exception, it works perfectly) and load them as I need them.

Granted it's not as user friendly, but it's simple, it works 
consistently for me and it's one less thing I have to worry about.


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