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samarasa
Asked: 2011-06-03 19:38:40 +0800 CST

Unable get my wireless network connection under awesome window manager?

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Unable get my wireless network connection when I switched to awesome window manager. However, automatically I get wireless connection under Ubuntu 11.04 classic. Could someone tell me how to get wireless connection under awesome window manager.

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  1. Best Answer

    A program called NetworkManager has been the default network configuration mechanism on Ubuntu for some time now. Several front-ends for the desktop-agnostic backend exist, but primarily there are cli, Gnome, and KDE variants. Wikipedia lists several NetworkManager front ends. GTK-based window managers usually use nm-applet, and an independent wiki gives instructions on using nm-applet with the awesome window manager.

    (incidentally, that link is hosted through naquadah.org, and I'm in the middle of a Stargate episode :P)

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  2. First, you need to check the network-manager service status. Press Mod4(super key) and Enter/Return key and type this commands:

    sudo service network-manager status

    If it is up and running, next, check the available wifi networks:

    nmcli connection show

    to connect:

    nmcli connection up <NAME OF WIFI NETWORK>
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