On 25.12.2014 20:41, poma wrote:
On 25.12.2014 14:02, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I am new to the Xfce interface, and in Gnome it shows you have Wifi, but it is off. Xfce does not show anything about WiFi with the radio off. Thus my panic.
Because network-manager-applet(nm-applet) must be installed and enabled in xfce4-session-settings(Application Autostart), and shown in xfce4-panel(systray), that is, by default. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/gnome/network-manager-applet.h... In addition to nm-connection-editor.
Also check http://wicd.sourceforge.net/screenshot.php $ repoquery -i wicd-common wicd-curses wicd-gtk
I do like the simplified WiFi interface; when the radio is on. ;)
But I would like a simple diagnostic tool to show me which APs are on which channels. New neighbor. I have to show him that he is stepping on my channels and that he needs to change his.....
man 1 nmcli ... radio - get or set radio switch states Use this object to show radio switches status, or enable/disable the switches. ... wifi [ on | off ] Show or set status of Wi‐Fi in NetworkManager. If no arguments are supplied, Wi‐Fi status is printed; on enables Wi‐Fi; off disables Wi‐Fi.
$ nmcli radio wifi enabled
$ nmcli radio wifi off $ nmcli radio wifi disabled
$ nmcli radio wifi on $ nmcli radio wifi enabled
$ nmcli device wifi
- SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
...
- WiFi Infra # 54 Mbit/s 100 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
...
$ nmcli device wifi rescan $ nmcli device wifi ...
Besides, on Fedora 21 there is NetworkManager-tui(nmtui-connect), although this view is quite reduced.