Why is F8 nm-applet Not as Good as the F6 Version?
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at clemson.edu
Wed Mar 5 02:40:26 UTC 2008
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 11:41 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Rick Bilonick <rab at nauticom.net> wrote:
> > When I used networkmanager and nm-applet under Fedora 6, it made it easy
> > to choose either "wired" or "wireless" networks. You just clicked which
> > one you wanted. In Fedora 8, nm-applet does not have a "wired" choice
> > (it only shows the wireless networks). So since I upgraded to Fedora 8
This is not my experience. I see wired and wireless network options.
Wired ones are grayed out unless there is a wire plugged in. If there
is a driver issue, you may not see wired and/or wireless connections if
NM can't see your devices.
> > about 2 months ago, I have to struggle with networkmanager to use wired
> > ethernet at work and wireless at home. At work I have to turnoff
> > networkmanager (via services), kill wpa_supplicant and nm-applet and
> > type in the dns (nm always overwrites the fixed dns) before connecting
> > to the wired network. Before I leave work, then I need to re-enable
> > networkmanager via services and allow networkmanager to control the
> > wireless card (wlan0) so I'll be able to connect at home. It was SO
> > simple under F6 and its such a mess under F8. Or am I missing something?
> > I tried wireless assistant but SELINUX blocks it from running. I also
> > tried wifiradar but it NEVER connects at home (even though I've given it
> > the same info). At least nm works at home and at work using WPA when I
> > need a wireless connection at work.
There is an NM update in updates-testing you might try. NM is under
active development with several new features to come, including
connect-on-boot, better control over connection profiles, etc. For
example, recent NM versions have an Edit Connections entry in the
right-click menu.
> >
>
> So I'm guessing the NetworkManager upgrades aren't working on your end :)
>
> Your experience is widely shared, prompting interest in programs like
> "wifi-radar" or "wicd".
>
> On my system, I have just permanently turned off NetworkManager and
> used system-config-network to set up a few wireless networks that I
> use frequently. Then start them manually with the old
>
> /sbin/ifup myNet
>
> This approach is not so easily adaptable to new environments, but if I
> really want to connect, I can see networks with
>
> /sbin/iwlist scan
>
> and then can setup accounts in system-config-network.
>
> Note that s-c-n creates config files in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/. Once y ou set up one wireless
> network, supposing it is called "eth1" by default, then there will be
> a file "ifcfg-eth1" in network-scripts. If you copy that to
> ifcfg-newname, then you can edit that file and then start the wireless
> server "newname" instead of eth1.
>
> Well, it is old fashioned, but liberating in a certain way.
>
> Just now, I posted on the wicd thread, you might try that one, I don't
> know if it will be better for you.
> > Rick B.
> >
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Matthew Saltzman
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