Gerry Tool wrote:
Brian Truter wrote:
Madwifi-old and madwifi-ng both work fine for me on FC5, but not
without some issues. The interface is not brought up automatically on
boot anymore. I have checked my old configuration, uninstalled and
re-installed, nothing seems to get it working again. NetworkManager
doesnt seem to work anymore, the only way I can bring the interface up
anymore is thru the command line, so i had to resort to shell scripts.
I have also found that I have to use the cli to bring up my network, and
NetworkManager seems to confound the problem. Can you share the shell
script you are using to bring up your network?
Thanks. Gerry
I have discovered that creating suitable scripts is very easy. I have
one (in my ~/bin directory) called wup:
#!/bin/bash
/sbin/ifconfig ath0 up
/sbin/ifconfig ath0 key xxxxxxxx
/sbin/dhclient ath0
exit
and one called wdn:
#!/bin/bash
/sbin/ifconfig ath0 down
exit
These work for me executing the first after login as sudo wup and before
logout as sudo wdn. I found if I didn't run wdn, my machine would hang
during shutdown.
Also, being curious, I decided to compare this FC5 wireless experience
with what one should expect from the next ubuntu 6.06. I downloaded the
daily DVD, burned it with K3b, booted to it and got my Netgear WG511T
wireless card working immediately by using System > Administration >
Networking to configure the already-recognized ath0 device and clicking
on the NetworkManager icon that was on the panel, and selecting my
network. NM asked me for the encryption key and for a password to place
the key on a keyring. With that little effort, I had an IP address and
was ready to use the network.
If Fedora Core doesn't make wireless that easy, it will not be used by
many laptop owners.
Gerry
