Howto get an automatic Wifi connection?

[max bianco]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Patrick <fedora-list at puzzled.xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 16:35 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > I believe Ubuntu does what you want: http://xkcd.com/416/
> > :)
>
> I saw that one earlier today and had a good laugh. Thanks for the
> reminder.
>
> > More serious, NetworkManager doesn't work in runlevel3 because it needs
> > a GUI frontend to manage it.
>
> Yup that's why I have turned off the NetworkManager service and turned
> on the network service.
>
> >  In Fedora 9 (which comes out soon), it should work in runlevel 3 without a problem.
>
> That's good to know but doesn't really help configuring the current F8
> based setup. Any suggestions howto setup an automatic WPA2/PSK link to
> my Access Point?
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
Try making the keyring password the same as the login password, you
would of course have to put the wifi password in the keyring first.
This method is used by some with success but for others it appears not
to work. I saw a rough howto in one thread or another recently so you
will have to dig for it, I haven't gotten around to trying it myself
but I will eventually when I find the time. It involves(this is from
memory so i suggest you dig search the last few days archives for it)
deleting all refernces to the old keyring first and then starting a
new keyring with the same password as you use for login. As you can
see I don't remember much but i keep the old threads even if i don't
read them all, for searching.

Max