Wicd or Network manager.

[merlwiz79]

Not sure how well Network Manager works this time around.
Wicd Wireless and Wired.
Chestnut-dialer modems and mobile phone's modems.
Gprsec mobile phones.
Network Admin wireless, wired, and modems.

Network manager:
Has wireless, wired, modems and mobile phone's modems.
Has other plugins for vpn, pptp, and openvpn.

[emorrp1]

Note that the only reason I voted network manager, is I know it works with all my networks, and I haven't looked into wicd yet.

[Gumbotron]

reason i voted network manager is because wicd doesnt work with my comp and makes it hang when i try to connect to a wireless network.

[FedoraRefugee]

Wicd rocks!

[alexxx24887]

NM, cause wicd works not so flawless.

[Aging Technogeek]

I'm with Fedora Refugee. I've used both and vastly prefer wicd. I especially like the fact that it lets me see the MAC address or a router before I connect to it.

Where I'm located we have had problems with people using range expanders and repeaters to boost signals without permission. This causes trouble when regular network members tie to their signals because the network manager they use just sees it as the strongest signal. When these intruders turn off their equipment several users can be dumped off the internet without warning.

This can be bad if they were doing something like placing a bid on eBay or taking a college exam online. With wicd, you always know what you are tying to.

[alfavictory]

The reason why I vote for Network Manager that I tried both on my AAO (Acer Aspire One) and Network Manager works from the box with no problem at all.
For Wicd in Gloria XFCE I change kernel from Jaunty to make Wicd works but Cardreaders don't work now and everage speed gets low

[shane]

Although the majority of votes went to Wicd, it seems like machines like netbooks where these lighter editions are more likely to be installed are the ones that need Network Manager more. So switching to the heavier manager might be the better option for the target audience.

I am talking mostly about the Fluxbox CE since someone brought the same issue up for netbooks. So I just wanted to see if anyone else on the XFCE CE side of things has had better success with Wicd than Network Manager on a netbook.

[jollywollup]

WICD works fine, but one huge drawback for me is that it does not support VPN networks. I installed LM6 xfce edition on my girlfriend's laptop, and I cannot figure out how to connect her to the campus network using VPN. So it has kind of been an issue trying to get access to scientific papers and such.

From what I've read, using network manager (plus pptp) makes it fairly easy to connect to VPN. If that functionality were in WICD, it would be flawless for me.

Just my two cents.

[spet]

Voted NetworkManager because my university require a VPN connection to use the wireless. If only Wicd had support for vpnc...

[merlwiz79]

Voted NetworkManager because my university require a VPN connection to use the wireless. If only Wicd had support for vpnc...

Have you gone to the forums to ask about this?
They may start working on it if they have testers.

[Trench]

There are a couple of quirks in regards to WPA2 with WICD, but on the whole it's nice to use. I use XFCE mint on an aspire one with the 9" and the simple interface is nice.

[likemindead]

Wicd FTW on my old Latitude C610 with a Intel PRO 2200 mini-PCI card.



Network Manager has been one hassle after another...

[spet]

Voted NetworkManager because my university require a VPN connection to use the wireless. If only Wicd had support for vpnc...

Have you gone to the forums to ask about this?
They may start working on it if they have testers.

I've asked and gotten a reply: This couldn't make it for the 1.6 release but work will start on VPN support feature in the next release. According to dano:

It's also going to be a complete rewrite, so it'll be a while before it's ready.

I won't hold my breath, but I will stick with NetworkManager

The feature request thread can be found here