On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 09:41 -0400, Ray Hooker 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 > I'm having problems getting NetworkManager to work correctly on my ThinkPad T30, with the built-in wireless (Prism 2.5 chipset). By default Fedora uses the orinoco drivers, which do work, and I can get my wireless card working, but I have to activate it manually every time through the 'Network' panel.. I've got the latest version (cvs packages mentioned in the clemson walk-through) installed, but I can't get it to find any networks around it. Anybody know of any tricks to get this working with my card? -- Preston Kutzner | Network Administrator
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