Re: FC5, madwifi and system-config-network
On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 10:30 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 11:34 -0500, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> Hi,
> I installed madwifi-ng on my newly installed FC5 box. I could connected to
> my WEP protected network just fine using the 'modprobe',
'ifconfig',
> 'ifup', 'iwconfig', and 'route' commands. The problem is
that I don't want
> to use those commands to connect. I simply want to use
> system-config-network to make a profile that I can use with the 'ifup'
> command.
>
> system-config-network doesn't see ath0 when I select "New wireless
device."
> It only sees wifi0 when I select "New ethernet device."
>
> 'iwconfig' sees ath0. 'ifconfig' sees lo, eth0, and wifi0.
modprobe.conf
> has an entry 'alias wifi0 ath_pci'.
>
> Something seems wrong. Why is there an "ethernet" device for my wireless
> device? Why does ifconfig see ath0, but system-config-network doesn't?
Leave the wifi0 - but add a line exactly like it that says ath0 instead
of wifi0
Then you will be able to configure it with system-config-network and use
the standard tools to bring it up and down etc.
See:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187640
--Rob