Wireless network connectivity problem

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Apr 8 20:09:57 UTC 2011


On 04/08/2011 03:06 PM, Temlakos wrote:
> On 04/08/2011 03:31 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>> On 04/08/2011 12:58 PM, Temlakos wrote:
>>> I have a Dell Inspiron 1545, which has a built-in wireless
>>> device--though I never used it until recently, being content to use a
>>> direct wired connection.
>>>
>>> A week and a half ago, I took it overseas and there attempted to use a
>>> wireless hotspot at my hotel. But when I tried to use the Network
>>> Configuration and Network Device Control applets, nothing operated, nor
>>> could I find the network, even after typing in the SSID that the hotel
>>> receptionists provided. My fellow travelers were able to use the
>>> hotspot, but not I.
>>
>> I've had to switch a couple of my users to using the gnome nm-applet because
>> the KDE applet couldn't connect to wireless networks for some as yet unknown
>> reason.
>>
>
> All right, so it wasn't something that I couldn't understand.
>
> How do I get this alternative network applet, and do you think that will
> get fixed with the next iteration?

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE/Using_nm_applet_instead_of_knetworkmanager

-- Rex


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