NetworkManager troubles

[Timothy Murphy]

Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:

>   Even after clean install, wireless nightmare continues. I can
> connect now for a few minutes or so, and then the connection slows
> down and finally collapses. This is Intel Pro Wireless 3945 on a Dell
> Latitude D820 with Fedora 7 clean install. And NetworkManager.
> 
>   Right now I am trying to find out whether NetworkManager is causing
> the problems or merely is making it unnecessarily hard to fix them.

I think if you have any WiFi problems,
NetworkManager (NM) makes them harder to diagnose -
it just adds another layer of obfuscation.

I would switch NM off, and see if the problems persist.

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