Re: NetworkManager, Wireless and Fedora FC4

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, D S wrote:

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

It's been around since FC2 or 3, but it's just starting to get robust enough for general use.

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".

The problem is that it's not always the tool you want. For a fixed, wired
workstation, or especially a server, or a machine with multiple active interfaces, it's just not appropriate.

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

Run NetworkManagerInfo

Actually, if this is the tool you want to use permanently, do the following (worked for me on FC3):

    Set up to let NM control your network at boot (as root)

	(1) # /sbin/chkconfig network off
	(2) # /sbin/chkconfig NetworkManager on

    Start NM to control your network now (as root)

	(3) # /sbin/service network stop
	(4) # /sbin/service NetworkManager start

    Start the client (as yourself)

	(5) $ NetworkManagerInfo  (This should start the scanner icon on
		the toolber).
	(6) Follow the clemson.edu instructions for attaching yourself
		to the network.
	(7) Log out and select "save current setup".
	(8) Log back in.  The NM icon should start up.

Yes, I think there should be a menu item to start NetworkManagerInfo. Maybe next release...

HTH.

--
		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs