03-23-2004
I think you need to have your wireless connection encrypted to stop others from eavesdropping or you from eavesdropping onto another connection.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
wicd-cli
wicd-cli(8) System Manager's Manual wicd-cli(8)
NAME
wicd-cli - command-line interface to wicd
SYNOPSIS
wicd-cli [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the wicd-cli command.
wicd-cli is a scriptable command-line only "client" for wicd.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-n network-id, --network=network-id
Specify which network wicd-cli should act on.
-p property, --network-property=property
Show property from network details.
-s value, --set-to=value
Set selected property to value
-m name, --name=name
Set the name for the profile to load/save to name.
-S, --scan
Scan available wireless networks.
-w, --save
Save the network connection profile.
-l, --list-networks
List the networks WICD has in its cache.
-d, --network-details
Show details of selected network.
-x, --disconnect
Disconnect from the current network.
-c, --connect
Connect to the selected network.
-e, --list-encryption-types
View the available encryption templates WICD can use.
-y, --wireless
Use the wireless interface.
-z, --wired
Use the wired interface.
-o, --load-profile
Load a wired connection profile.
SEE ALSO
wicd(1), wicd-client(1), wicd-gtk(8), wicd-curses(8)
AUTHOR
wicd-cli was written by Ronuk Raval.
This manual page was written by David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
Dec 2009 wicd-cli(8)