Wicd : Manage Wireless Connections Easily In Linux

Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.

Features :

1. backwards compatible with standard *nix networking commands (iwconfig, ifconfig, etc)
2. wired networks
3. named network profiles
4. select between static IP addresses and DHCP on a per network basis
5. store different static IPs, gateways, subnet masks, DNS server addresses per network
6. wireless networks
   1. automatically connect at boot - no user intervention required, even for encrypted networks
   2. keeps network keys in root accesible only (600) files (unencrypted, however)
   3. automatically selects between static IP addresses and DHCP on a per network basis
   4. encryption (template based)
      1. WPA 1/2
      2. WEP
      3. LEAP
      4. TTLS
      5. EAP
      6. PEAP
7. automatically connects at resume from suspend
8. displays information about the network

Download Wicd from here and
Guides on how to install wicd on Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Fedora, Slackware, and Gentoo here.
For wicd Wicd FAQ click here.