On 6/17/05, Ray Hooker <ray.hooker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One of the biggest pains with the Redhat line is the weak support for > wireless (even a very old version of Knoppix automatically detects and > sets up cards). It appears that there is a new app to fix it: > > http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager > > I also see it referenced in Clemson's HOWTO: > > http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/nm.shtml > > I was excited. I installed FC4 from scratch. I noticed that > NetworkManager was installed but NetworkManager and NetworkManager > Dispatcher were not running. Also noticed that FC4 seems to detect my > Aironet PCI in my Thinkpad T42P. Iwconfig shows it. It even detected > the SSID of my Linksys which temporarily had broadcast set to on. The > problem is that it does not have an address and there is no cool icon > on the task bar in GNOME. I did notice in KDE that there is a applet > for Wireless network monitor. > > **** I WANT TO DO THIS OUT OF BOX and not with hacks as this new tool > is supposed to just "work". > > So I started the two services (NetworkManager and NetworkManager > Dispatcher). I still see no applet on the task bar nor is it listed > in the possible applets. NetworkManager-Gnome as well as > NetworkManager appears to already be installed. I even did a YUM > update (yum install...) just to make sure I had the latest and > rebooted. Still no taskbar icon. The Clemson help page mentions > nm-applet, but I can't seem to find the file, nor am I able to find > "Startup Programs tab in the gnome-session-properties application" in > the FC4 GNOME menus. > > Any help would be appreciated. Again I want to make so that I use as > much built in as possible and avoid other packages and hacks unless > needed to support a particular card (e.g, Cisco or Intel Wireless such > as IPW2200).. I did look and see that the Cisco ACU appears to be old > and may not apply to this particular PCI card. I am not sure the > model as even WindowsXP does not indicate anything more than Aironet > PCI. > > Ray > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Run NetworkManagerInfo
