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Reviews

1. soaked and soaped blog
2. linux.com article
3. propeller.com review
4. ubuntulinuxhelp.com review
5. LinuxPlanet Article

Installed out of the box on

1. Zenwalk
2. Linux Mint XFCE Community Edition

Features

1. Compatible with standard *nix networking commands (iwconfig, ifconfig, etc)
2. Once configured, will connect even if the X display does not start
3. Can be managed and configured via the command line using wicd-curses
4. Support for wired networks, as well as named profiles to save multiple wired configurations.
5. Supports configuring static IP addresses and DHCP on a per network basis
6. Store different static IPs, gateways, subnet masks, DNS server addresses per network
7. Automatically connect at boot - no user intervention required, even for encrypted networks
8. Keeps network keys in root accesible only (600) files (unencrypted, however)
9. Encryption (template based)
1. WPA 1/2
2. WEP
3. LEAP
4. TTLS
5. EAP
6. PEAP
10. Automatically connects at resume from suspend
11. Displays information about the network
12. Ability to run scripts before/after connecting/disconnecting