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Ethtool VS wicd

Compare Ethtool VS wicd and see what are their differences

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Ethtool logo Ethtool

ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware

wicd logo wicd

Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.
  • Ethtool Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18
  • wicd Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18

Ethtool videos

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Linux Command Review: ifconfig, ethtool, arp, netstat (1 of 2)

More videos:

  • Review - Whowatch and Ethtool - What's this?
  • Review - 249 Ethtool command - Architecture and source code walk - Episode 1

wicd videos

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How to use WICD Curses Network Manager on Ready Linux

More videos:

  • Tutorial - How To: Install Wicd for Kali Linux (Fix Wicd)
  • Review - WICS-TV/WICD (TV) News Channel 20 At 5 PM News Open 3/10/20

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Ethtool and wicd)

Ethtool

wicd

Log Management
49 49%
Log Management
51% 51
Monitoring Tools
49 49%
Monitoring Tools
51% 51
API Tools
49 49%
API Tools
51% 51
Development
51 51%
Development
49% 49

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, wicd seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Ethtool mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Ethtool yet. Tracking of Ethtool recommendations started around Mar 2021.

wicd mentions (1)

  • How to disable Auto Ethernet?
    Wow, that's some home network. Smart home? Array of security lights & cameras? Just curious. From what I have read, network manager seems to do this by default. Someone recommended an alternate network manager, wicd. Maybe it will work better for you. Source: about 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Ethtool and wicd, you can also consider the following products

NetworkManager - NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and straightforward.

iw - iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices.

wpa supplicant - WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, and Windows (IEEE 802.1X, WPA, WPA2, RSN, IEEE 802.11i)

ceni - Network manager used by Linux distributions Sidux and Aptosid, but can be installed on debian based...

VSNM - VSNM - Very Simple Network Manager

Wvdial - WvDial (pronounced "Weave Dial") is an easier way to connect to the internet.

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