On Monday 05 of April 2010 17:20:48 Aaron Konstam wrote:
A week or so ago I posted the following question:
I have meant to follow up on this years ago but let it slip. But this
came up recently on the fedora-list so I need to ask.
It seems to me that several versions ago it was possible to have NM
create a wireless connection on boot rather than only on login. Is
this
possible and if so how does one set this up?
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From Marc Herbert I received the response
Wild guess: did you try to configure it using system-config-network,
and then pass it to NM using the ifcfg-rh plugin?
http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings
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I used system-configure-network to re-configure the ifcfg-eth1 file and
am using the ifcfg-rh plugin. I got no connection before boot although
the ifcfg-eth1 file indicated the ONBOOT=yes option
Please post a /var/log/messages file to see if ifcfg-rh reads the file
successfully.
Basically if you use ifcfg-rh plugin, NM will read your ifcfg-eth1 file from
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory.
What is the contents of the file?
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from Dan Williams I got the comment:
You can also move connections between user and system with
nm-connection-editor; look for the Available to all users checkbox in
each connection's edit window. Checking that box makes it a system
connection (thus available at boot time) as long as a plugin is enabled
that allows writing of system connections. That wiki page should also
talk about system settings plugins.
Dan
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I tried that. I used nm-connection-editor to edit the entry for the AP I
was using. Checked: the Available to all users checkbox.
Then maybe I made a mistake by clicking activate. The result was the AP
disappeared from the list of APs seen in the nm-applet, so that was no
good.
By checking the box, the connection settings are saved by a system settings
plugin that is configured in the /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
(or NetworkManager.conf) via 'plugins' key.
What plugins do you have configured here? What is the name of your created
connection?
Would someone just tell me how to activate a wireless connection before
logging in with clear instructions I can follow. I assume this is
possible
Yes, it's possible.
1. check you have plugins=ifcfg-rh,keyfile in /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-
settings.conf (or NetworkManager.conf) file
2. start nm-connection-editor
3. click Wireless tab, click Add button
4. Put SSID of your AP to SSID edit box
5. name your connection to your favourite name in Connection name edit box
6. click OK to save a connection
ifcfg-rh plugin will create a file ifcfg-your_name file in /etc/sysconfig
/network-scripts
Upon startup NM should activate the connection.
Jirka
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