Re: how do i tell NM to use eth1 instead of wlan0?

[Derek <schutt uwyo edu>]

Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 22:16 -0600, Derek wrote:
>   
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Can you please offer some suggestions on getting my laptop wireless 
> > working with Network Manager? The problem seems to be that network 
> > manager is trying to use device wlan0 rather than eth1. A more 
> > linux-able person than I got the laptop to connect to another network 
> > using *system-config-network*, so it seems my wireless card is working 
> > (also see below), and I am now trying to connect using my home wireless 
> > network using WPA-PSK security, and I gather *system-config-network 
> > *doesn't work with WPA—hence I am using Network Manager
> >
> > I should note that I have two wireless devices in this laptop. There is 
> > an onboard Ratech RT2500 device, which is configured as wlan0. I haven't 
> > been able to get the driver to work with Fedora Core 8, so I've 
> > installed a Lucent Technologies card, and this one seems to be working 
> > fine. It is configred as eth1, but unfortunately NM seems to want to use 
> > wlan0.
> >
> > Can someone please suggest how I can get NM to use the eth1 device?
> >     
>
> You can lock connections to a particular wireless card's MAC address by
> using system-config-network (make sure you keep "Controlled by
> NetworkManager" checked!) or via the connection editor (right-click on
> the applet's icon, choose "Edit connections...").
>
> Dan
>
>   
Hi Dan (and everyone),

Thanks for the advice. I've added the MAC address of the Lucent device 
to a connection, using “Edit Connections”, which is now called “Jerry 
Lucent”. But I seem to be missing something. The “Jerry Lucent” 
connection isn't offered as an option when I left-click on the NM gnome 
icon. I see this: ( “[]” indicates colored text)

[Wired Networks]
Auto Ethernet
System eth0

[Wireless Network (Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE)]
jerry

[Wireless Network (RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI)]
jerry


If I click on the jerry wireless network that is under the Lucent 
device, I get a request for “Secrets required by wireless network”, but 
it doesn't allow for WPA-PSK security, so I cannot log in.  I sure I'm 
missing something obvious, but I can't seem to get the "Jerry Lucent" 
connection to be offered as an option to connect to.

Many thanks,

Derek

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Here is some of the output from NM:

Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) 
starting connection 'Auto jerry'
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state 
change: 3 -> 4
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state 
change: 4 -> 5
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation 
(eth1/wireless): access point 'Auto jerry' has security, but secrets are 
required.
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state 
change: 5 -> 6
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: Missing or invalid key management
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state 
change: 6 -> 4
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state 
change: 4 -> 5
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation 
(eth1/wireless): connection 'Auto jerry' has security, and secrets 
exist. No new secrets needed.
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'ssid' 
value 'jerry'
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 
'scan_ssid' value '1'
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 
'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'psk' 
value '<omitted>'
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 
'wep_key0' value '<omitted>'
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 
'wep_tx_keyidx' value '0'
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 
2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 2 -> 0
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: set interface 
ap_scan to 1
Jul 19 08:24:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 0 -> 2
Jul 19 08:24:53 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 2 -> 3
Jul 19 08:24:54 localhost kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't 
support manual roaming
Jul 19 08:25:07 localhost NetworkManager: <info> eth1: link timed out.
Jul 19 08:25:09 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 3 -> 0
Jul 19 08:25:09 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 0 -> 2
Jul 19 08:25:10 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 2 -> 3
Jul 19 08:25:10 localhost kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't 
support manual roaming
Jul 19 08:25:17 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation 
(eth1/wireless): association took too long.
Jul 19 08:25:17 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state 
change: 5 -> 6
Jul 19 08:25:17 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation 
(eth1/wireless): asking for new secrets
Jul 19 08:25:18 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 3 -> 0
Jul 19 08:25:20 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 0 -> 2
Jul 19 08:25:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 2 -> 0
Jul 19 08:25:33 localhost NetworkManager: <info> eth1: link timed out.
Jul 19 08:27:20 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant 
connection state change: 0 -> 2