Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager
Currently network-manager does not provide support for WiMax cards available. At the moment I am aware of at least two vendors providing WiMAX NICs: Intel and Samsung. I have an Intel mini-PCI wireless card. Though there are both firmware and kernel module in current 9.10 kernel so my device is properly detected, they are not enough to start using the NIC. I had to perform the following actions before i was able to connect: 1) Download official sources for `wimaxd` daemon and supplicant libraries from an official Intel site http://linuxwimax.org 2) Build them, install them. 3) Get XML configuration files specific for my particular provider (taken from CD distributive supplied for Windows) 4) As superuser run 'wimaxd; wimaxcu ron; wimaxcu connect network 15' to connect to the provider ("Yota" brand) The current issue is that this NIC can operate in only one mode at the time: either WiFi or WiMAX, so I need to bring wlan0 down before connecting to Wimax and vice-versa. And, while I use NM to manage WiFi, this is inconvenient. I am sure it would be great if all or at least part of this actions can be done through some GUI configurator accessible from network-manager. Currently I plan to use some script (maybe incorporate it into my ifupdown cfg) to switch between the NIC operation modes (taken from http://icelord.net/wordpress/archives/1151): STATE=`sudo wimaxcu status system| awk '{print $4}'` if [ "$STATE" = "OFF." ] then beep sudo iwconfig wlan0 tx off sudo ifconfig wmx0 up sleep 0.1s sudo wimaxcu ron sleep 2s sudo wimaxcu connect network 15 sudo dhclient wmx0 & else beep sleep 0.1s beep sleep 0.1s bepp sudo ifconfig wmx0 down sudo wimaxcu roff sleep 2s sudo iwconfig wlan0 tx on sleep 0.5s sudo ifconfig wlan0 up fi Also, I am unaware what are the details of operation of Samsung WiMAX NICs (they are sold as external USB deivces ) but I am sure that madwimax project does support these cards in Linux. So, some kind of plug in for network-manager is desirable. It should be able to do the following things at least: 1) Detect Wimax cards 2) Detect that WiFi and WiMax cannot be used simultaneously. 3) Allow bringing interfaces up and down using proper backend utilities (intel or madwimax) ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: intel network-manager plugin wimax -- Need support for WiMax cards management https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513139 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
