The main network connection manager is wpa_gui. The auxiliary connection manager is Network Setup.
wpa_guiwpa_gui supports wireless and wired connections. Click its icon in the system tray
Right click to restart
the connection.
Connect to Wireless Networks (wpa_gui Wifi tab)wpa_gui automatically connects to one of the enabled network profiles listed in the Manage Networks sub-tab. Press the Scan button to discover which networks are
available in your current location. Add new network
profiles to the Manage Networks sub-tab as explained
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To add a new profile and connect to the network:
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Connect to Wired Networks (wpa_gui Wired tab)The Wired tab is new in Fatdog64-720 (as well as Static Address Configuration). A wired connection hooks up your computer to your home network router with an Ethernet cable.
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If you have problems connecting to a network, try right clicking on the wpa_gui icon and select Restart Connection. This action will restart wireless network services.
If wpa_gui manages your wired connection, this action will also restart wired network services. (The other way to manage wired connections is Network Setup).
When wpa_gui is left free to automatically select the best network, it will do so based on the order of network entries in the Manager Networks sub-tab, their network security level (WPA/WPA2 is preferred), and signal strength. Network entries are saved to the configuration file.
Configuration file: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.
Wireless services: wpa_supplicant, wpa_cli, dhcpcd.
Wired services: dhcpcd.
Network Setup can be used to connect wired and wireless networks in a way that is independent of wpa_gui.
For ease of use and breadth of features most users should prefer wpa_gui over Network Setup, which still provides some unique features. Most prominently, the ability to set up network connections without running Xorg. Network Setup uses text-based dialogs that work for both the system console (no Xorg), and a terminal window (Xorg).
For the system console, start Network Setup with command network-setup.sh. For Xorg start the Network Setup applet from the Control Panel Network tab.
To navigate the dialog use the Up and Down arrow keys to hightlight a menu entry, the Enter key to activate it, the Tab and Shift Tab keys to cycle across the input fields and the buttons, and the Esc key to go back one level.
Connect to Wireless Networks with Network SetupYou can configure a static or automatic (DHCP) address for your wireless (wlan0) adapter. The concepts and actions that are involved are similar to those for wpa_gui, where they are explained in more detail.
To add a new profile and connect to the network:
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Configuring a Static Address with Network SetupWhen you select "Use static IP" in step #2 above you come to this dialog to set a static address.
See also Configuring a Static Address for wireless networks for general information about static addresses. |
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Connect to Wired Networks with Network SetupTo add a new profile and connect to a wired network follow the instructions given for wireless networks, but select a wired interface (eth0). You will not need to scan for networks or to enter an access password. |
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Disable / Enable WpaGuiIn the main window you can disable / enable wpa_gui services. This applies at the next reboot and every reboot after, until wpa_gui is enabled again from Network Setup. Troubleshooting Menu"Reset udev persistent net rules" clears the interface names that Linux automatically assigns to network adapters. Then Fatdog64 will restart wired adapter names from "eth0" and wireless adapters from "wlan0". If you use this entry you will need to configure all static IP addresses again. |
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