> On 07/22/2013 02:25 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
> > I use squeese. nm-applet is from the network-manager-applet package,
>
> The problem is making it work on Wheezy. I suppose I could go back to
> Squeeze, but it seems better to put new installs on XFCE for now, if it
> comes to that. XFCE has a really good network applet, and most users don't
> really notice the difference as long as everything they need works.
>
> --

I'd have to say that every time I had to/wanted to use Debian systems, I had this kind of problems. If it is not super important for you to use a Debian-based distro, I would really recommend you to try PCLinuxOS or Mageia. They comes with tons of easy to use administration and networking tools. And they works with any desktop environment you want to use, even small window managers.
No need to know by heart console lines to write to do ... things.

-Alexandre