On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 18:25 -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifup is not designed to run with > wireless. It really wants a standard wired eth0 type of network interface. > > Wireless is a difficult topic. You have wlan0. Not all wireless nics > have the same device. If you are configuring a laptop, getting it to > connect to different access points requires a fair amount of work.
If running a laptop that needs to connect to different access points, I'd *strongly* recommend installing NetworkManager. Making all the pieces for wireless networking fit together is fiddly enough to do once, never mind changing it to handle the coffee shop you're resting a while in. Simon.
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