WICD wireless client

myselfdeepakvasisht · 10-20-2010, 04:39 PM

Hi!
This question may seem to be odd.. but I amnot able to figure out how to setup a wireless network with wicd...can someone help...

damgar · 10-20-2010, 04:45 PM

In slackware you just make sure that it's startup script /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd is exectubale and when you startx or go into runlevel 4 you have the wicd icon in the taskbar that you just "click and connect to..."

With Ubuntu I would imagine it's still a matter of making sure the service is started then "click and connect to...." If you are using Ubuntu though, it comes with NetworkManager which is a very nice connection manager (I actually prefer it to wicd) so I'm not sure what OS you are actually using.

myselfdeepakvasisht · 10-20-2010, 11:52 PM

I am using Ubuntu 10.04
I want to know how to create a new wireless network for other people to join as we can do in windows. I am a beginner to linux.

damgar · 10-21-2010, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by myselfdeepakvasisht

I am using Ubuntu 10.04
I want to know how to create a new wireless network for other people to join as we can do in windows. I am a beginner to linux.

You are creating an ad hoc network? In other words you are wanting to connect computers via wi-fi directly to one another without an AP?