NetworkManager, Wireless and Fedora FC4

[Bill Moss]

Please see the article at http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/nm.shtml 
which was updated yesterday for FC4 and the Rawhide release of 
NetworkManager dated 6-15-2005. Note that the applet is no longer named 
NetworkManagerInfo but instead nm-applet. The article discussed how to 
start the applet.

Bill Moss

Matthew Saltzman wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, D S wrote:
>
>> On 6/17/05, Ray Hooker <ray.hooker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> One of the biggest pains with the Redhat line is the weak support for
>>> wireless (even a very old version of Knoppix automatically detects and
>>> sets up cards). It appears that there is a new app to fix it:
>>>
>>> http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager
>>
>
> It's been around since FC2 or 3, but it's just starting to get robust 
> enough for general use.
>
>>>
>>> I also see it referenced in Clemson's HOWTO:
>>>
>>> http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/nm.shtml
>>>
>>> I was excited. I installed FC4 from scratch. I noticed that
>>> NetworkManager was installed but NetworkManager and NetworkManager
>>> Dispatcher were not running. Also noticed that FC4 seems to detect my
>>> Aironet PCI in my Thinkpad T42P. Iwconfig shows it. It even detected
>>> the SSID of my Linksys which temporarily had broadcast set to on. The
>>> problem is that it does not have an address and there is no cool icon
>>> on the task bar in GNOME. I did notice in KDE that there is a applet
>>> for Wireless network monitor.
>>>
>>> **** I WANT TO DO THIS OUT OF BOX and not with hacks as this new tool
>>> is supposed to just "work".
>>
>
> The problem is that it's not always the tool you want. For a fixed, wired
> workstation, or especially a server, or a machine with multiple active 
> interfaces, it's just not appropriate.
>
>>>
>>> So I started the two services (NetworkManager and NetworkManager
>>> Dispatcher). I still see no applet on the task bar nor is it listed
>>> in the possible applets. NetworkManager-Gnome as well as
>>> NetworkManager appears to already be installed. I even did a YUM
>>> update (yum install...) just to make sure I had the latest and
>>> rebooted. Still no taskbar icon. The Clemson help page mentions
>>> nm-applet, but I can't seem to find the file, nor am I able to find
>>> "Startup Programs tab in the gnome-session-properties application" in
>>> the FC4 GNOME menus.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated. Again I want to make so that I use as
>>> much built in as possible and avoid other packages and hacks unless
>>> needed to support a particular card (e.g, Cisco or Intel Wireless such
>>> as IPW2200).. I did look and see that the Cisco ACU appears to be old
>>> and may not apply to this particular PCI card. I am not sure the
>>> model as even WindowsXP does not indicate anything more than Aironet
>>> PCI.
>>>
>>> Ray
>>
>
>> Run NetworkManagerInfo
>
>
> Actually, if this is the tool you want to use permanently, do the 
> following (worked for me on FC3):
>
> Set up to let NM control your network at boot (as root)
>
> (1) # /sbin/chkconfig network off
> (2) # /sbin/chkconfig NetworkManager on
>
> Start NM to control your network now (as root)
>
> (3) # /sbin/service network stop
> (4) # /sbin/service NetworkManager start
>
> Start the client (as yourself)
>
> (5) $ NetworkManagerInfo (This should start the scanner icon on
> the toolber).
> (6) Follow the clemson.edu instructions for attaching yourself
> to the network.
> (7) Log out and select "save current setup".
> (8) Log back in. The NM icon should start up.
>
> Yes, I think there should be a menu item to start NetworkManagerInfo. 
> Maybe next release...
>
> HTH.
>

-- 
Bill Moss
Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Clemson University