On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 22:29 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > >> I have two laptops, elizabeth and mary, > >> with identical PCMCIA WiFi cards, Orinoco Gold (firmware 6.04). > >> > >> I have two APs, with ESSIDs (say) wrt and agere. > >> > >> NM (NetworkManager) works fine on mary, > >> linking always to wrt on eth1. > >> > >> NM never works on elizabeth, > >> trying for some reason to link to agere on eth1. > >> > >> "service network" links elizabeth to agere on eth2. > >> > >> So WiFi works perfectly on both machines, > >> but NM works only on one. > > > You might look here: > > > > http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ > > Thanks for the pointer. > I've looked through that, and don't see anything immediately helpful, > except perhaps the mention of VPN. > I said there was no difference between the laptops, > but I see now that I am running OpenVPN on elizabeth - > the laptop on which NM does not work - > while I'm not running it on mary, where NM works. > > I'll try disabling OpenVPN, and see if that helps. > > One other small point. > This FAQ says "If NetworkManager isn't connecting to the network you want, > try to force it to connect to the network you wish to be connected, > and NetworkManager will remember that setting next time." > Actually, that is not the case on my laptop, elizabeth. > I have entered the information for wrt many times, > but I am never offered that AP. Well you found there was a difference between the two machines so that is a step in the right direction. This remembering of the last AP connected to works on my laptop. It even remembers this for different network environments. -- ======================================================================= Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. -- Ambrose Bierce ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
