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Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.

iw logo iw

iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices.
  • wicd Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18
  • iw Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18

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

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Category Popularity

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wicd

iw

API Tools
49 49%
API Tools
51% 51
Monitoring Tools
49 49%
Monitoring Tools
51% 51
Log Management
49 49%
Log Management
51% 51
Development
50 50%
Development
50% 50

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, iw should be more popular than wicd. It has been mentiond 2 times 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.

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

iw mentions (2)

  • finally
    The instructions on https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless is pretty extensive. Popular tools are listed in the article: * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wpa_supplicant * https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Is there a simplest wifi client which just connects to open/wpa/wep/wpa-eap protocol and **NOT** be a daemon on itself to reconnect or do any handling of priority or for taking/managing a list of networks?
    You can run any daemon in your terminal by yourself, many of them have an option to not fork process. Wpa_supplicant is the simpliest client you can get if your WIFI uses WPA/WPA2. The more simple is only iw, but it only supports WEP encryption security. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

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

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

Ethtool - ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware

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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