On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
