Kubuntu 10.04-nettbook

jonbvgood · 10-02-2010, 02:11 PM

Despite setting up wireless at home very easily, I find it difficult to set up when in a internet cafe. Using manage connections I have tried to add and scan but it does not find wireless lan, when I know the lan is present.
Wireless is enabled but am I missing a step
Any ideas??

tommcd · 10-03-2010, 09:02 AM

I would recommend installing wicd from the Ubuntu repos. In my opinion wicd is superior and much easier to use than Ubuntu's network-manager.
First, uninstall network-manager and network-manager-gnome so there are no conflicts between network-manager and wicd. Then install wicd and try to enable the internet cafe wireless with wicd.

If you ever want to go back to network-manager for any reason, simply uninstall wicd and reinstall network-manager and network-manager-gnome and you will be back where you started from.