[Raspbian-devel] Network config tools ?

[Andrei POPESCU]

On Du, 09 sep 12, 07:40:25, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
> I may have been spoiled with the Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia set of config tools 
> regrouped in MCC, but after installing Raspbian on a RaspberryPi, I find 
> myself completely clueless when it come to the network configuration tools: I 
> can find nothing in the System Tools menu item, nothing under Internet.
> 
> Where are the Debian network config tools ?
> 
> Or are the users supposed to configure all through the CLI ?

Hi Ron,

Debian has ifupdown which is configured mainly through the file 
/etc/network/interfaces. If you want/need GUI tools you can use either 
wicd or Network Manager.

For a rather static configuration I prefer ifupdown: you write the 
config once and then forget about it.

For something more dynamic (like a laptop using several wired/wireless 
networks) I prefer Network Manager because additionally to wicd it also 
supports 3G sticks and nm-applet (package network-manager-gnome) is 
better than wicd-gtk.

Wicd however has a nicer text interface in my opinion (wicd-curses).

Hope this helps,
Andrei
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