On 10/22/07, Mike C <mike.cohler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot <at> laposte.net> writes: > > > > > > > Le Lun 22 octobre 2007 11:36, Valent Turkovic a écrit : > > > > > Please make it on by default also for DVD install images. > > > > Till it works for all the systems Fedora targets (including those with > > no permanent GUI session that also need network/wifi connexion) the > > answer is no. > > Having recently got wpa_supplicant working in F7 with ipw2200 and another > machine with iwl3945, I am now definitely a fan of wpa_supplicant as opposed to > NM. I can configure a machine to bring up a wireless connection at boot now and > it will connect either at home or at work - and that is ideal for a user that > wants to boot and then load a browser and work with the web or then do office > stuff. The many people who have made the in-kernel drivers, wpa_supplicant and > NM as well ought to be congratulated on getting this into a working state. > However there are further developments yet to be done - getting rt2x00 and ath5k > working would be another huge step forward. Can you give a little how-to or a link to resources you used to setup wpa_supplicant to work at home and office? > > Yes, I can configure the necessary admin side in the background but the > non-technical user sometimes would prefer not even to have to select a wireless > AP from the NM menu. My my family members I can see that choosing a network via some menue (winxp or NM) is something they can handle but setting up a new network connection for each one and then switching from one to other is not in their domain... > I have several family members who are F7 fans now but are definitely not > technical when it comes to installing or setting up the system. Great! -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
