https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:30:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/Those of you who use i3wm on laptops, what do you use to manage wi-fi connections? I kind of don't want to use CLI for that (partly because network management is black magic to me), but I don't know how (or *if*) I can use some graphical tools. So, what do you use?Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:20:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/?answer=1624#post-id-1624I just use NetworkManager and put the following in my i3 config file: exec --no-startup-id nm-appletFri, 12 Apr 2013 21:28:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/?answer=1624#post-id-1624https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/?answer=1625#post-id-1625networkmanager works just fine for most people, wicd works for me.Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:29:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/?answer=1625#post-id-1625https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/?answer=1654#post-id-1654CLI is not necessarily complex. The *netcfg* package (which has been recently replaced with *netctl* in ArchLinux) has a nice command *wifi-menu* that is easier to use than most GUI apps. You just issue that command, wait for the list of networks to appear and hit *Enter* (because the first item will probably refer to the most relevant network); voilà, we are online. The network status is visible in i3status by default. The profile can be saved (if needed), edited as a plaintext file (if needed), and plugged into systemd (if needed).Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:30:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1623/how-to-manage-wi-fi-connections/?answer=1654#post-id-1654