wicd Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to wicd for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is NetworkManager, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked eight alternatives to wicd and seven of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to wicd are Ethtool, iw, ceni and Rfkill.
- 8 NetworkManager alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from one network to another: once a network has been configured and joined once, it can be detected and...
- - NetworkManager is the most popular Linux alternative to wicd.
- - NetworkManager is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to wicd.
ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware.
Ethtool Features
iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. It supports almost all new drivers that have been added to the kernel recently. It allows you to configure and show information about wireless networking.
iw Features
No screenshotNetwork manager used by Linux distributions Sidux and Aptosid, but can be installed on debian based distributions, and compiled from source on just about any.
ceni Features
rfkill is a small tool to query the state of the rfkill switches, buttons and subsystem interfaces.
Rfkill Features
- 7 wpa_supplicant alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- Xfce
wpa_supplicant is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling the wireless connection. wpa_supplicant supports separate frontend programs and a text-based frontend (wpa_cli) and a GUI (wpa_gui) are...
- - wpa_supplicant is the most popular Mac alternative to wicd.
wpa_supplicant Features
VSNM - Very Simple Network Manager
As the name suggests it manages the network in a very simplitic way. This version have wifi WPA and WEP only (more to come). To use it, just place the vsnm.cfg file at /etc/ and add there your existing networks. When you can the script (without.
VSNM Features
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