Wireless newbies -- just try NetworkManager!

[Tom Diehl]

Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> wtote:

Tom Diehl wrote:
> > But if you did not know there was an easy way, what do you have to
> > do to get back to a clean slate?
> 
> That depends a bit on what someone might have done prior to learning
> about and trying NM. ;)
> 
> > I have NM working on my laptop but when I boot it does not start
> > automatically.  I have to start it manually. It is enabled in
> > chkconfig. Once it is running the wireless works mostly. It
> > sometimes drops the connection but telling NM to reconnect gets the
> > connection working again. The card is madwifi.
> 
> What does "chkconfig --list NetworkManager; chkconfig --list network"
> output?  I believe you want to see this:
> 
> NetworkManager  0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
> network         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

Mine looks like this:
(bullwinkle pts8) # chkconfig --list NetworkManager; chkconfig --list network
NetworkManager  0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
network         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
(bullwinkle pts8) #

If I set the network to off, when I reboot the machine, the rpc and nfs stuff
fails to start and I still do not get NM after boot. Starting NM after I login
gets the wireless to work.

Any other ideas?

Regards,

Tom