On Saturday August 26 2006 9:51 pm, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > How do I get Fedora Core 5 to automatically detect and set up my wireless > connection? I can see that it detects the Broadcom 43xx (I think it's a > 4316) integrated wireless controller, but the runlevel 5 scripts don't > actually detect and configure the connection with the essid and encryption > key, then do a dhcp call to get an IP address, the host name, and the DNS > information. > > If I do this manually in a terminal as root: > > iwconfig eth1 essid hummr > iwconfig eth1 key open xxxx... > dhclient eth1 > > The wireless connection comes up and Firefox can visit websites etc. But I > have 2 problems: > > The hostname isn't changed from localhost.localdomain to the one I want for > this machine (it should be supplied by my dhcp server) > I'm only getting an 11 Mbps bitrate and I know this wireless connection can > do 54. > > and perhaps a third issue: > > The connection doesn't seem able to scan for available wireless networks, > either. > > Thanks for any advice that can be supplied. I did look for this information > on fedorafaq.org and fedora.redhat.com. I also Googled. > > Bob Cochran Try installing wifi-radar - I believe it's in extras. I haven't tried this in Fedora, yet, but it works great on my MEPIS installation on my laptop with broadcom 4306 - it's the first tool I've found to work on my laptop. Sometimes, I have to use it in conjunction with Kwifimanager, which is also available from extras. -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
