what's behind the scenes of redhat-config-network-gui ?

[Aaron Bennett]

Hi --

Can somene tell me what goes on "behind the scenes" of 
redhat-config-network-gui?  Especially with regard to creating a new 
wireless connection with this tool.

The reason I ask is, with Red Hat 9 on a Dell C640 and a Dell TrueMobile 
1150 ( Lucent card, the orinoco driver works ), when I create a new 
wireless connection using redhat-config-network-gui, it doesn't work.  
Activating the card doesn't work, and it never gets an IP address and 
never contacts the nearest WAP.

However, if I then do:

iwconfig eth1 key {OUR WEP KEY},

followed by /sbin/service network restart,

it works.  However, after the next reboot, it doesn't work again, and 
iwconfig shows no wep key.

Can someone tell me either a) how to fix this so it works with 
redhat-config-network-gui or b) what r-c-n-g actually does, so I can fix 
it myself?

Thanks,

Aaron Bennett


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Aaron Bennett
UNIX Administrator
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering