Re: Can I have NetworkManager release wirelecc card?

[David <david m roth gmail com>]

Are you using Fedora? if so, why don't you try asking your question
at: http://www.fedoraforum.org/.

And yes, but technicialy speaking, it's more of a "Debian Thing".
Ubuntu is a "Debian" derivative, and Fedora is a "Red Had" variant.
They are two very different distributions, although they both use the
same Linux Kernel. For a better understanding see:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/44218-linuxdistrotimeline-7.2.png
(warning not for the faint of heart!)

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 22:21 -0600, David wrote:
>  > Sorry, you're right. I did not read you question thoughly. Here is another way:
>  >
>  > Modify "/etc/network/interfaces" with your favorite text editor. Then
>  > add these two lines:
>  >
>  People keep talking about the file /etc/network/interfaces. On Fedora
>  machines there is not such file. Is it a Ubuntu thing?
>
>
> > auto wlan0
>  > iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>  >
>  > save and restart NetworkManager (sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager
>  > restart). From this point on NetworkManager will ignore this
>  > interface. Hopefully this helps!
>  >
>  > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com> wrote:
>  > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Xamindar <junkxamindar gmail com> wrote:
>  > >  > Please read my original post again.  I want to keep NetworkManager
>  > >  >  running but just release it from using a particular wireless card
>  > >  >  (wlan0) so that another program can use it and then hopefully have a way
>  > >  >  to get it to use the card again when I need it to.
>  > >  >  /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop is what I am doing now but that stops
>  > >  >  the whole thing.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  David wrote:
>  > >  >  > Yes, from the command prompt/terminal type: "sudo
>  > >  >  > /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop"
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >>  On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Xamindar <junkxamindar gmail com> wrote:
>  > >  >  >>  > Is there a way ho have NetworkManager release the network card
>  > >  >  >>  >  temporarily so I can use another program such as airdump without having
>  > >  >  >>  >  to turn off the NetworkManager completely?
>  > >  >  >>  >
>  > >  >  >>  >  Even a command option that would release the wireless card only so I can
>  > >  >  >>  >  still use NetworkManager to connect to a wired network (or even use a
>  > >  >  >>  >  second wireless card) would be really usefull.
>  > >  >  >>  >
>  > >  >  >>  >  Thanks for any help
>  > >  >  >>  >  _______________________________________________
>  > >
>  > >  Have you tried just unchecking enable wireless when right-clicking on
>  > >  the applet?   I don't have Kismet on this laptop so I can't try this
>  > >  on my side but I can try it tomorrow.
>  > >
>
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