On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 17:32 +0200, Mark wrote: > that's for eth (wired). that's working fine. > wlan0 is the one that is giving me a hard time. One thing is not made clear in your e-mail. Do you have NetwrokManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher running instead of the network script which is the default? If you do that wireless should work. > > 2007/7/5, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Thursday 05 July 2007 16:41:33 Mark wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > i've just spens serveral hours finding out how i can make a > wireless > > > connection but nothing seems to be working. > > > i tried this > > > > MANUAL:http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=HOWTO-iwlwifi than > > > starting from: "Verify that you can scan and see access > > > points:". where it's going wrong is the key.. [1] is not working > for > > > me.. i need to do s:theascikey and the last issue is that dhclient > > > doesn't want to give me an ip. it's attempting it a few times and > than > > > it simply fails. > > > > > > some information you might need: > > > > > > My wlan adapter is: > > > Intel 3945AGB > > > > > > Kernel version: > > > 2.6.22 RC 7 > > > > > > Operating system: > > > Fedora 7 > > > > > > Desktop/Laptop: > > > Acer Aspire 5630 Notebook > > > > > > Now the issue is not that i can't make a wireless connection.. i > can > > > but just once every boot. I can make a wireless connection with > > > knetworkmanager BUT when that connection is lost than i need to > reboot > > > to get connection again. is there a quicker solution for that? > > > (killall knetworkmanager and restart that won't help) > > > > > > Another issue (with losing the connection) is that when my > connection > > > strength is getting below 40/100 than the connection seems to be > > > lost... is there any way to put that on 10 or 20? > > > > > > Now the real issue is that i'm not able to make a wireless network > > > connection with the command line. so my question is: how do i need > to > > > make a wireless connection from the begin till the end? > > > > > > When this is answered i will make a howto for it on the fedora > forum. > > > > > > Thanx, > > > Mark > > > > You might need to change the ifcfg-ethX > > with something like: > > > > DEVICE=eth0 > > USERCTL=no > > ONBOOT=yes > > BOOTPROTO=none > > BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 > > NETWORK=192.168.1.0 > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > > IPADDR=192.168.1.5 > > > > Then > > Your /etc/sysconfig/network file would be: > > > > NETWORKING=yes > > HOSTNAME=foo > > GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Manuel. -- ======================================================================= The men sat sipping their tea in silence. After a while the klutz said, "Life is like a bowl of sour cream." "Like a bowl of sour cream?" asked the other. "Why?" "How should I know? What am I, a philosopher?" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
