On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 20:41 +0200, Valent Turkovic wrote: > 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? Usually you specify multiple network blocks in the conf file and as long as ap_scan=1 wpa_supplicant will pick the first one that it can match to some scan results. Dan > > > > > 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
