Howto get an automatic Wifi connection?

[Konstantin Svist]

Patrick wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a PC with F8 & a usb wifi dongle and I would like to configure
> the PC that when it boots it will automagically negotiate a WPA2/PSK
> 802.11g link with my Access Point and get an IP address from the DHCP
> server behind the AP.
>
> Since the PC boots into runlevel 3 I can not use NetworkManager. Instead
> I have the network service enabled. The kernel module for the wifi
> dongle autoloads and the dongle is recognized, active and ready to go to
> work.
>
> Now how do I configure this WPA2/PSK link to my AP?
>
> Your feedback is most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
>
>   


I believe Ubuntu does what you want: http://xkcd.com/416/
:)

More serious, NetworkManager doesn't work in runlevel3 because it needs 
a GUI frontend to manage it. In Fedora 9 (which comes out soon), it 
should work in runlevel 3 without a problem.