From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 26 17:51:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 004AC106566B for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:51:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (ip-58-28-152-174.static-xdsl.xnet.co.nz [58.28.152.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D658FC18 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D40BF2840C; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:51:09 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:51:09 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: herbert langhans Message-ID: <20091126175109.GA66013@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20091126150926.GA50790@sandcat> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091126150926.GA50790@sandcat> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig - GUI interface available? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:51:13 -0000 On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 04:09:26PM +0100, herbert langhans wrote: > Hi Daemons, > I use my laptop in different wifi networks. To choose the ssid, passwords and such necessities I have to use the all-knowing and confusing 'ifconfig'. > > Question: Is there a GUI replacement for ifconfig? Where I can scan, choose the ssid and do other basic things? I havent found anything in the ports collection.. > There's no GUI for ifconfig that I know of, but there *is* a GUI for managing wi-fi networks in the ports: http://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/wifimgr/ See if it helps. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work." - Robert Frost