WiFi in Xfce: How to Setup?

Wifi-radar is a tool intended to configure easily your interface wifi, and will allow you to connect to your wifi network. Wifi-radar is available in the menu Xfce, in the Network submenu.

After having clicked on it, you will be prompted for the root password, when you've filled that out, you will get the following screen:


In the main window appears wifi network available:

• SSID: wifi network name
• Signal: signal strengh
• Mode: show the type of network
• 802.11: wifi mode, b or g

On the right, 5 buttons to realize the possible actions with wifi-radar :

• New: create a new profile
• Edit: modify a profile
• Delete: delete a profile
• Connect: connect to a wifi network
• Disconnect: disconnect to a wifi network

First of all, select the network in which you wish to connect. Then click "New". Wifi-radar shows then the following window:

Inform then the name of the wifi network in "network Name". Then you go to seize the various parameters of your network by unwinding the options by clicking each of 4 lines:
Wifi Options, No. WPA, Automatic network configuration, Connections command.








































Wifi options:

• mode: Managed : with hot spot ; Ad Hoc : from PC to PC ; auto : wifi-radar will choose the right option
• Channel : channel (=frequency) to be use. If you don't know, auto...
• Key : wifi network crypt key. You can find it on the modem router packaging or sometimes its note is generally on the access-point.
• Security :Indicate if it is about a network opened (Open) or of a network with limited access (Restricted)
• Use WPA :Allows the use of the mode Wifi Protected Access.

Manual network connection: has to be used to configure manually the parameters of the network, in particular during the use of an fixed IP address.

Most of the time, you can leave this option on Automatic Network Connection (DHCP), DHCP will give the correct parameters in your connection.

Connections commands: this allows you to indicate the commands to execute before and\or after the connection will be established.