Re: ipw2200 recognized as wired connection

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 20:32 +0200, Ma Begaj wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use network-manager on my Slackware. Everything looks
> ok, but my Intel ipw2200 is being recognized as a cable connection.

What does the output of 'lshal' show for your ipw2200 device?

dan

> Right click on network-manager shows three options (my translation from german):
> - Activate network
> - Connection information
> - Info
> 
> Left click on the icon shows only one option:
> - Wired network
> 
> No VPNC (vpnc installed in $prefix=/usr), no Wireless Access Points ... :(
> 
> When I start NetworkManager --no-daemon, this is what I get:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> NetworkManager: <information>   starting...
> NetworkManager: <information>   eth0: Device is fully-supported using
> driver '(null)'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   nm_device_init(): waiting for device's
> worker thread to start
> NetworkManager: <information>   nm_device_init(): device's worker
> thread started, continuing.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3)
> device 'eth0'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device eth0.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Will activate wired connection 'eth0'
> because it now has a link.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Updating allowed wireless network lists.
> NetworkManager: <WARNING>        nm_dbus_get_networks_cb (): error
> received: org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks - There are no
> wireless networks stored..
> NetworkManager: <information>   SWITCH: no current connection, found
> better connection 'eth0'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Will activate connection 'eth0'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Device eth0 activation scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth0) started...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device
> Prepare) scheduled...
> ...
> ...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth0) Finish handler scheduled.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP
> Configure Commit) complete.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> NetworkManager connects to my home and & work Access Points (dhcp)
> because the configurations for these connections are already set in
> wpa_supplicant.conf, but I am not able to see access points or
> anything else.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> M.
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