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wpa supplicant VS wicd

Compare wpa supplicant VS wicd and see what are their differences

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wpa supplicant logo wpa supplicant

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

wicd logo wicd

Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.
  • wpa supplicant Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-19
  • wicd Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-18

wpa supplicant videos

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wpa supplicant examples

More videos:

  • Tutorial - Linux for Network Engineers: How to Interact with the WPA Supplicant

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 wpa supplicant and wicd)

wpa supplicant

wicd

API Tools
45 45%
API Tools
55% 55
Log Management
45 45%
Log Management
55% 55
Monitoring Tools
45 45%
Monitoring Tools
55% 55
Development
50 50%
Development
50% 50

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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.

wpa supplicant mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of wpa supplicant yet. Tracking of wpa supplicant 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 wpa supplicant 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.

Ethtool - ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware

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

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

VSNM - VSNM - Very Simple Network Manager

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