Re: nm-applet do not show my wireless

["Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>]

On 5/4/07, Alejandro Adam <aleadam gmail com> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
> I just installed linux (debian 4.0) on a dell inspiron 5100 laptop with
> a broadcom 4306 rev 02 wireless chip. I have the bcm43xx module loaded
> in the kernel, the firmware on /lib/firmware and everything working.
> iwconfig sees it as eth2 and the connection is automatic at boot time.
> In fact, I'm using that wireless connection to write this message.
> I can see the connection on the network monitor applet but not on the
> nm-applet. It shows just a wired connection symbol with a red sign for
> no connection. The network settings windows shows me that eth2 is
> connected to a linksys open network using DHCP.
> If I understood the nm-applet should show me not only the actual
> connection but also the other available networks in range (something
> useful for public places). It seems that nm-applet is not being able to
> see some configuration that any other program is able to read. Could
> anyone please point me to what that might be? I can provide outputs of
> iwconfig, the /var/log/syslog or screenshots if necessary.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alejandro

Can you post your /etc/interfaces?   I think that Debian has modified
NetworkManager to not manage any interfaces that have anything other
than AUTO.