Re: NM on FC5

[Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net>]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings;
>
> Apparently some update since back in mid-july has affected how the 
> non-NM connections work as the profile I used for several weeks in the 
> room next to this one no longer works, incapable of establishing a 
> connection now.  I even went through the system and deleted all copies 
> of ifcfg-wlan0 except the one in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, but it 
> still refuses to put the radio on the assigned channel of 6, but leaves 
> it on channel 11 where there is no known access point.
>
> This is an FC5 install, 386 version on an HP dv5120us with a 64 bit 
> turion cpu.  The radio is a broadcomm 4318, and is driven by the ndiswrapper facility.

> iwlist outputs:
> root diablo ~]# iwlist wlan0 scanning
> Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 20
> of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
> Some things may be broken...
>
> wlan0     Scan completed :
>           Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:66:77:73:A0
>                     ESSID:"xxxxxxxxxxx"
>                     Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
>                     Mode:Managed
>                     Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
>                     Quality:0/100  Signal level:-84 dBm  Noise 
> level:-256 dBm
>                     Encryption key:off
>                     Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
>                               24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
>                               12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
>                     Extra:bcn_int=100
>                     Extra:atim=0
>           Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:B6:CE:D1:9D
>                     ESSID:"xxxxxxxxx"
>                     Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
>                     Mode:Managed
>                     Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>                     Quality:0/100  Signal level:-69 dBm  Noise 
> level:-256 dBm
>                     Encryption key:off
>                     Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
>                               24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
>                               12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
>                     Extra:bcn_int=100
>                     Extra:atim=0
>
> As can be seen, the signal on ch 6 is wall to wall, but I cannot connect.
>
> Can this possibly be related to the one char short ESSID thread I've 
> been following here for quite some time?  And if so, is it sufficient to 
> just add a space to the end of the quoted string in my ifcfg-wlan0 file?
>
> Also, the setup instructions I have links to are for older versions of 
> NM, this is whats installed right now, but all disabled.
>
> [root diablo ~]# rpm -qa|grep -i networkmanager
> NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.4-1.fc5
> NetworkManager-vpnc-0.6.2-1.fc5
> NetworkManager-0.6.4-1.fc5
> NetworkManager-devel-0.6.4-1.fc5
> NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.6.3-1.fc5
> NetworkManager-glib-0.6.4-1.fc5
> NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.6.4-1.fc5
>
> Is there a fresh link describing howto setup these newer versions?
>
> And does it work well enough now its worth the extended hassle of trying 
> to make it work?
>
> I am currently running on a dlink DWL-810+ radio plugged into the 
> ethernet port.  Which works just fine.


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Cheers, Gene