Wlan0 not connecting

[Paul Johnson]

2008/3/15 Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>:
> FC 8-i386 Laptop
>  Can't get Fedora to connect wireless with a RTL8187L.
>  The RTL8187 driver is loading as a module.
>  Below is the /var/log/messages on connecting.
>
> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  User request for activation of wlan0.
>  Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activating device wlan0
>  Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
>  Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
>  Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...

Wow, we just had a nice dust-up on this. I believe NetworkManger will
work if you get out of its way.  I was a big complainer on this, but
now I'm persuaded.

Probably you need to turn off wpa_supplicant and network services, and
so only NetworkManager is running.  There are command line tools
chkconfig for that, or the program system-config-services can do it.
Then in the session, run the "nm-applet" program, you get there from a
pull down menu if you want, look under Internet-> network control.





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Paul E. Johnson
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University of Kansas