F23 i686; Old Gateway NetBook; b43; NetworkManager; network; hassles . .

[Fred Smith]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 08:53:55AM +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> People,
> 
> I have installed the b43 WiFi driver (from memory I think I had
> problems with the b43-fwcutter RPM and had to install it manually)
> but in any case it works generally with this old NetBook both in X
> and from the console - _IF_ I log in from the netbook first . . if I
> reboot the NetBook remotely and try and ssh to it when it comes back
> up, the network isn't accessible.  So I thought I would go through

In NetworkManger, did you click the checkbox for "All users may
connect to this network" ?? If not, you should try it. I think it
will do what you want, i.e., bring up the network at boot, rather
than at first login.



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