laptop fc7 with NetworkManager couldnt find wired ip

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 12:43 -1000, Dave Burns wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 08:21 -1000, Dave Burns wrote:
> >> There is a weird incompatibility between NetworkManager and network,
> >> not well documented anywhere I know about. I am in a similar position,
> >> can use either wireless or wired but have to do a whole reconfig to
> >> switch between the two. I'd explain it to you if I understood it.
> >
> > On my laptop switching from wireless to wired in f7 is seamless.
> 
> <envy>
> 
> >Why do
> > you need to provide a DHCP server?
> 
> Is this addressed to the OP or to me?
> 
> >A server should be available to your
> > machine as soon as you start your connection.
> 
> I have no problem with the DHCP server. But I had to go through a long
> struggle of turning off services and fiddling with drivers and making
> sure network did not start wired networking on boot etc. to get
> wireless to work on the laptop. At that point it would no longer do
> wired. I assume I can retrace my steps to where wired worked and
> wireless did not. Trudging through the  official NetworkManager docs,
> I found no mention of the various secret tricks I saw suggested on
> this list and that finally got my wireless going. Maybe my RTFM is
> inadequate, I have to cop to being impatient, but it all seemed to be
> "install rpm for NM, 123, tra la la, you're done, wireless should work
> now" without mentioning the various tricks I had to try. There are
> several threads in the archives where  people try to help someone
> troubleshoot NM and wireless, but it seems highly manufacturer and
> even model dependent. I guess if it "just works" for you, be happy.
> Dave
> 
Ok, I assume you have the network file in /etc/init.d turned off. If not
you should if you want NM to work as advertised. 
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