On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:33 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Randy Yates writes: > > > Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > >> On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 09:40 -0500, Randy Yates wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Fred, > >>> > >>> Thanks for the info. How did you set your wireless channel? > >>> > >>> How did you know to start the NetworkManager service? Is > >>> there documentation from Redhat somewhere on this? > >>> > >>> I just tried starting the Networkmanager service and so > >>> far (after about 3 minutes) it's still "in-progress" - doesn't > >>> look promising. > >>> -- > >> Assuming you have the wireless device driver losacted it is easy: > > > > Whoa. And how does one "load the wireless device driver?" Do you > > mean using ndiswrapper? > > No. > > > If you mean using ndiswrapper, I saw a message yesterday which > > instructed the user to remove ndiswrapper. This is a big part of > > my misunderstanding. Do we need ndiswrapper or not? > > You only need ndiswrapper if the driver for your wireless chipset is not > implemented or supported by the Linux kernel. > > > Is the network manager simply an easy way to switch between wired > > and wireless networks once you have your wireless driver installed > > Yes. NetworkManager makes it fairly easy to switch wireless on and off, and > switch between different wireless access points. > > > (e.g., via ndiswrapper)? > > Hopefully not. Generally speaking, you'll have the least amount of heartburn > if you do your homework and acquire wireless hardware that's directly > supported by the Linux kernel, and does not require the ndiswrapper hack. > > >> run: > >> Run NetworkManager and NetwotkmanagerDispatcher and stop network init.d > >> scripts. Ask if you don't know how. > > > > I don't know what you mean by "stop network init.d scripts." > > That means any scripts that automatically enable wireless network interfaces > at boot time. You don't want to do that, instead let NetworkManager handle > all aspects of wireless networking. > No i mean the /etc/init.d script called network which should not be running if you use NetworkManager. Stop it by executing: chkconfig network off and it will not be running on the next boot. > Once I've set it up on my wife's laptop, she can handle the rest all by > herself -- booting Fedora, entering the keyring passphrase, and syncing up > to my wireless AP. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ======================================================================= A fool and your money are soon partners. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
