network configuration

Scot L. Harris webid at cfl.rr.com
Fri Mar 4 04:02:28 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 20:00, Ryan Olthof wrote:
> I just installed Fedora Core 3 on my system but can't get my fixed
> wireless connection configured properly using DHCP.  If I manually set
> up the connection, I can activate my network adaptor, but get no
> connectivity.  I have a smartbridge powershot for PoE, and an Intel
> network adaptor.  The connection itself works fine using winxp, but
> DHCP does not work with it either.  I read the FAQ and also tried
> using the internet configuration wizard, nothing works.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> Ryan

I had similar problems getting wireless working on my Tecra M2 laptop. 
When I tried the normal methods of configuring the wireless interface it
would start up, I could scan and see the available access points but it
would never establish a connection.  I tried it using DHCP as well as
hard coding the IP address.  

I finally tried using the NetworkManager program and amazingly it made
the wireless connection work.

However I am tracking down a problem at the moment that is looking more
and more like NetworkManager is the most like suspect.  VPN connections
seem to be partially broken when trying to use the wired connection.  It
works over wireless.  

There also appears to be a possible bug where modprobe uses 100% cpu
when you switch from interface to interface a couple of times using
NetworkManager.

I suspect I am going to have to revisit getting the wireless working
with out NetworkManager.


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Scot L. Harris
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