On Saturday 27 January 2007 18:01, DJA wrote: > Chris Mauricio wrote: > > On Friday 26 January 2007 21:11, DJA wrote: > >>> Chris > >> > >> I just did an FC5 --> FC6 fresh install on my laptop. I have no problems > >> so far getting a connection. I don't know what wlanassistant is, but I > >> use the provided NetworkManager and nm-applet in KDE with not problems. > >> This includes getting a WPA/WPA2 connection using KWallet to manage > >> passwords. > > > > can you describe the network manager utility you are using? I can't seem > > to find it.. perhaps it handles the card differently that what I am > > using. > > http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ > > They can describe it better than I. I have been using it since early > FC5. I know it is part of the FC6 install, although maybe not one of the > default install packages. I might have added it post install, though it > certainly is in the Fedora repo's. > > It is a service, and I believe is disabled by default. You'll have to > enable it yourself (system-config-services). There is a sister app for > it which is a panel applet. It's called KNetworkManager (binary called > knetworkmanager) for KDE, and I think nm-applet is for Gnome. The old > GUI control (pre-FC5) is called NetworkManagerInfo (binary is spelled > like that also). > > > I have a combination of KWiFiManager and the standard Network Device > > Control applet. > > I also have used those on occasion when NetworkManager didn't work. But > I found that KWiFiManager to both flaky, inflexible, and less than > powerful. Marginally better than just using Wireless Tools. > > > I am unfamiliar with KWallet for WPA / WPA2 - a short description > > would be greatly appreciated! > > > > C. > > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeutils/kwallet/index.html > > KWallet is the KDE password manager, basically a keyring. You store your > passwords in KWallet which itself is password protected. It does not > (necessarily) use the same password associated with the current UID. > > In the WiFi context, when you access a password protected AP, KWallet > will (after asking for it's own password) look for the needed AP > password and pass it to the AP. It handles WEP, WPA, etc. > > It's not perfect, doesn't work for all AP authentication protocols (nor > do I think yet for VPN's), but like WiFi on Linux in general, gets > better a month at a time. > > -- > Best Regards, > ~DJA.
OK. I got this working- apparently it is not installed if you only choose KDE desktop and leave out gnome. Thanks very kindly! dhcp is working as expected, it picks up gw on the home network now. Strange as one would assume both netowrk managers call the DHCP scripts and just inherit the results of ifup and dhcp request, but I guess this turns out not to be the case. Need to play with the wallet feature, it seems to NOT want to retain the wep key for the network and pass it over when knetworkmanager fires up and tries to join the home wifi. Thanks very much again, your help is thoroughly appreciated!! C. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
