On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 16:35 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote:
Patrick wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a PC with F8 & a usb wifi dongle and I would like to configure
> the PC that when it boots it will automagically negotiate a WPA2/PSK
> 802.11g link with my Access Point and get an IP address from the DHCP
> server behind the AP.
>
> Since the PC boots into runlevel 3 I can not use NetworkManager. Instead
> I have the network service enabled. The kernel module for the wifi
> dongle autoloads and the dongle is recognized, active and ready to go to
> work.
>
> Now how do I configure this WPA2/PSK link to my AP?
>
> Your feedback is most appreciated.
I believe Ubuntu does what you want:
http://xkcd.com/416/
:)
I saw that one earlier today and had a good laugh. Thanks for the
reminder.
More serious, NetworkManager doesn't work in runlevel3 because it
needs
a GUI frontend to manage it.
Yup that's why I have turned off the NetworkManager service and turned
on the network service.
In Fedora 9 (which comes out soon), it should work in runlevel 3
without a problem.
That's good to know but doesn't really help configuring the current F8
based setup. Any suggestions howto setup an automatic WPA2/PSK link to
my Access Point?
Thanks,
Patrick