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deleted3

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[Solved] How to get WICD to Connect to my Network

My most recent project is an XFCE Minimal Ubuntu 14.04 Install. Its a very clean and very quick desktop. Everything worked out of the box once I set everything up. The only thing that I am having a little trouble with is wifi.

WICD can see my network, but cannot connect to it...even if I put the passphrase in. However, if I go to the command line and enter

sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid <<networkname>> key <<networkpassword>>
sudo dhclient wlan0

The problem is I have to do this everytime I turn the machine on. Does anyone have any ideas on how i can get WICD to recognize my network without have to go into the command line everytime?

Thanks!

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Re: [Solved] How to get WICD to Connect to my Network

Maybe its a permissions issue? That would explain why using sudo does the trick. BtW, isn't that a GUI app? If so, shouldn't you be using gksu (or the like) instead of sudo?

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sixsixfive

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Re: [Solved] How to get WICD to Connect to my Network

which wicd gui did you use? If you look for a lightweight network manager have a look at:

ceni (works only on debian based distributions): http://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/siduction/b … in/c/ceni/ http://git.siduction.org/summary/base!ceni.git
connman (works on all distributions): https://01.org/connman

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deleted3

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Re: [Solved] How to get WICD to Connect to my Network

@Mountian. I do not need sudo to start the gui, that does just fine.  The gui just can't seem to access my network without me first going to the terminal and typing the command. Also, as long as I stay logged in it is not an issue. Oddly enough, it can see the network.

the dhclient command gets the ip address...i am wondering if it has something to do with that.

deleted3

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Re: [Solved] How to get WICD to Connect to my Network

@six. I am currently using Wicd 1.7.2.4. I may have to try another network manager, but I am not sure that will fix the issue.

sixsixfive

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Re: [Solved] How to get WICD to Connect to my Network

you shouldn't need dhclient or iwconfig to connect to a network

if you want to to keep wicd use the cli client

wicd-cli

or the easier curses client

wicd-curses

but i have always replaced them with ceni due the heavy pythonvm running in background

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deleted3

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Re: [Solved] How to get WICD to Connect to my Network

I would like to thank everyone for their input. I found the problem. I am using WEP encryption. In WICD it was set to use WEP (Passphrase). This was wrong. I should have been using WEP (Hex). Once I change the setting, it recognized my credentials and connections. Even after logging out/shutting down and returning.

thanks again for everyone's input!

Last edited by deleted3 (2015-03-28 18:49:06)