Chris Mauricio wrote:
On Friday 26 January 2007 21:11, DJA wrote:
Chris
I just did an FC5 --> FC6 fresh install on my laptop. I have no problems
so far getting a connection. I don't know what wlanassistant is, but I
use the provided NetworkManager and nm-applet in KDE with not problems.
This includes getting a WPA/WPA2 connection using KWallet to manage
passwords.
can you describe the network manager utility you are using? I can't seem to
find it.. perhaps it handles the card differently that what I am using.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
They can describe it better than I. I have been using it since early
FC5. I know it is part of the FC6 install, although maybe not one of the
default install packages. I might have added it post install, though it
certainly is in the Fedora repo's.
It is a service, and I believe is disabled by default. You'll have to
enable it yourself (system-config-services). There is a sister app for
it which is a panel applet. It's called KNetworkManager (binary called
knetworkmanager) for KDE, and I think nm-applet is for Gnome. The old
GUI control (pre-FC5) is called NetworkManagerInfo (binary is spelled
like that also).
I have a combination of KWiFiManager and the standard Network Device Control
applet.
I also have used those on occasion when NetworkManager didn't work. But
I found that KWiFiManager to both flaky, inflexible, and less than
powerful. Marginally better than just using Wireless Tools.
I am unfamiliar with KWallet for WPA / WPA2 - a short description
would be greatly appreciated!
C.
http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeutils/kwallet/index.html
KWallet is the KDE password manager, basically a keyring. You store your
passwords in KWallet which itself is password protected. It does not
(necessarily) use the same password associated with the current UID.
In the WiFi context, when you access a password protected AP, KWallet
will (after asking for it's own password) look for the needed AP
password and pass it to the AP. It handles WEP, WPA, etc.
It's not perfect, doesn't work for all AP authentication protocols (nor
do I think yet for VPN's), but like WiFi on Linux in general, gets
better a month at a time.
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~DJA.
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