On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 01:25:13PM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:54 AM, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm posting this message to no one in particular, in hopes that it > > becomes part of the common lore... > > > I'm a little hurt. I read it as being specifically intended for me. :) I was trying not to pick on you! Believe me, you are not the first... > After turning off the wpa_supplicant service, (making sure network is > off too), and turning on NetworkManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher, > and restarting, I found that after I ran the user program "nm-applet" > , I could join some wireless networks today. Excellent news! > I'm driving around to some other places to try to find some other > kinds of wireless routers. In my town, businesses are very friendly > in offering free wireless access in their stores. Very pleasant > compared to some European countries I've visited. I guess you weren't in Kansas anymore... (sorry, couldn't resist...) John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxx