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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.10 and wireless manager...   
   Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:24:33 +0000 (UTC)   
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   On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:09:44 +0000, SINNER wrote:   
      
   > * Joe LaVigne wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >> What is the best wireless card manager for Ubuntu?   
   >    
   >> I use a USRobotics USR5410 wireless card, but have a few minor issues...   
   >    
   >> First, it doesn't show any settings in the standard Network Manager for   
   >> WAP encryption.  Just a place for a passkey, and whether it is ASCII or   
   >> Hex.  It connects fine to my WEP AP at home, but won't connect to a WPA   
   >> Public Key AP at work.   
   >    
   >> Second, I use this laptop on several networks, and the Network Manager   
   >> doesn't have any obvious way to store several profiles, thus making me   
   >> remember all of the keys (or store them in a text file) in order to   
   >> manually switch them.  I'd love to be able to just open a manager, select   
   >> an SSID, and have the settings already there...   
   >    
   > At the very top of the Network manager in 6.06 there is a Location   
   > dropdown with a create option. Has that been removed?   
      
   That is still there, but as I said, there are a few deficiencies in it.   
      
   No support for WPA, and it would be fantastic if it could show the   
   available SSID's.  Something similar to every wireless card's manager in   
   Windows, or even Windows wireless manager itself...   
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