real basic wireless access question!!

[Patrick Doyle]

On 5/24/07, bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi...
>
> I'm embarrased to be here asking! I have Fedora/Centos on a laptop. I'm
> trying to figure out what/how i need to do to be able to access an access
> point from my local library.
>
> I can do a "iwlist ath0 scan", and I see a list of the access points.
>
> I try to choose one, and do the "iwconfig ath0 ESSID 'foo'" and then I
> stop/restart everything. I also make sure I'm using the dhcp server for all
> information for the laptop "dhclient ath0".
>
> However, I can never get access to the network, or get the 'net via the
> library's access point.
>
> Any thoughts/comments/help would be greatly appreciated!

Try installing NetworkManager.  That's what works for me.

--wpd