Fedora Cookbook: The Broadcom wireless recipe.

[Vivek J. Patankar]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Vivek J. Patankar wrote:
>> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>> http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Broadcom_wireless_on_Fedora_8
>>> feedback appreciated.
>> The method worked flawlessly for me, except that I followed instructions  from
>> http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras
>> I have an Acer Aspire 5004 with a bcm4318 chip.
> 
> hmmmm ... i note that that page strongly recommends the use of
> NetworkManager.  not that long ago, people were complaining about how
> it didn't work very well.  perhaps i'll have to take another look at
> it but, for now, since it doesn't seem critical, i just leave it out
> of the mix.

IMO, NetworkManager is the way to go as far as wireless is concerned. 
But it is a royal pain when you have to switch to and from wired 
networks often. I usually turn off 'NetworkManager' and start the 
'network' service if I am connecting to a wired network.
The biggest irritation with it is how when I connect to my wireless 
network at home, it adds the router address to the top of resolv.conf, 
but doesn't remove it when disconnecting and I have to make 
modifications to resolv.conf if I am on a wired network or connected via 
my GPRS connection.

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Regards,
विवेक ज. पाटणकर (Vivek J. Patankar)

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