Fedora 9 + Network Manager = Wireless NOT Connecting

[Paul Johnson]

2008/5/29 Robert Cahn <robertscahn at gmail.com>:
> I have updated my desktop using the 64-bit desktop of F9 from F7.  My
> wireless is described by:
>
> 00:0a.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset
> (rev 01)
>     Subsystem: Netgear MA311 802.11b wireless adapter
>     Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
>     Memory at e9005000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
>     Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>     Kernel driver in use: hostap_pci
>     Kernel modules: orinoco_pci, hostap_pci
>
> Under F7 the wireless connected without any issues.
>

Turn off the service network
Turn on the service NetworkManager

run the applet nm-applet to control your wireless logins.

Do not try to make system-config-network work together with NM.

pj




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Paul E. Johnson
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