NetworkManager: A User's Review

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 14:24 -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:53:22AM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Charles Curley wrote:
> > 
> > >What I do for wireless networking is a kludge of the first water.
> > >
> > >I use "service network restart" for my home network. It is set up with
> > >WEP using 64 bit (10 hex digit) keys and does not broadcast its
> > >SSID. I cannot access my home network with NetworkManager (hereafter
> > >NM). However, I can use NM to get on a local open network. So I find
> > >myself toggling between those two tools.
> > 
> > What do you have for a wirless card?  I don't have a problem accessing the
> > hidden SSID at work (unless some student is in range with an ad-hoc 
> > network with the same SSID).
> 
> Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
> 
> It works just fine once it's set up, and both kwifimanager and kismet
> detect the network.
> 
> This on a Lenovo R51. See: http://www.charlescurley.com/Lenovo.R51.html
> 
I have the same card and NM works well to access wifi at home and at
work. With the use of nm-applet the available access points are detected
and can be accessed.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>