On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 12:48:54AM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >> I tried system-config-network to setup my WiFi system, > >> and it seemed as useless as before in FC4. > >> It listed my WiFi card as eth0, > >> but did not allow me to edit any of the settings, > >> or to "Activate" the connection. > >> > > neat is the same as system-config-network and it worked to allow me to > > configure and activate my wireless card at home. > > How exactly did you configure it? > Did you add a new profile? > When I ran system-config-network I was told I could not alter > the default profile. > I want to answer the above questions correctly. I am going to take my laptop to school today and configure the wireless there. I am a little vague about what I did at home but I got it to work. Once I try it at school maybe I can give you more cogent answers. At least I will try. > > The activation can also be done by the Network Monitor applet. > > What exactly do you mean by the Network Monitor applet? > I see the following items in my Fedora menu: > > System=>Network Device Control > Internet=>Network Folder Wizard > Administration=>Network Configuration > > I tried all of these but had no success with any of them. > > What _precisely_ did you do? > Ie what commands did you give, > or which icons did you click? Right click on the panel. Choose Add to Panel. One of the options will be to add Network Monitor to the Panel. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
