wireless on 9.04

[Fred Roller]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> 	I and others wrote a bug for 9.04 because we could not get wireless 
> working after we got a lot of updates. It appears to me now working with 
> 9.10 alfa 3 that the Key-chain is the thing that causes confusion when 
> setting up wireless.
>
> 	Here is what happened with 9.10. It came up with no Internet after 
> installing on the hard drive. Everything else was fine. I right clicked 
> the two monitor in the upper right edge of the screen, and a panel came 
> down showing the 3 wireless signals I receive now at home. I selected my 
> own and a new panel came up asking for my router password. I gave it and 
> expected the network manager to start getting the Internet but no.
>
> 	Another panel came up asking for me to put in a password for a 
> key-ring! I put in a simple password, and THEN the Internet started working.
>
> 	After a re-boot again the 9.10 comes up without Internet working. This 
> time you right click the monitors and the key-chain panel wants you to 
> give it a password and when you do, it works.
>
> 	Now on 9.04 I went through all this and then tried "wicd" and never 
> looked back. This replacement for network manager after a reboot has 
> Internet ready before the rest of the system is started!
>
> 	My question to the group is this: Is anyone using wireless Internet 
> still using network manager on 9.04? If so are you using the key-ring 
> password like I did?
>
> Thanks Karl
>
>
>
>   
I still use nm with my broadcom wireless.  Keyring will always stop 
anything requiring authentication until you enter a password.  However; 
if on the first time keyring runs when you first install, if you enter 
NO [blank] password and confirm with NO password keyring will disable 
itself and you will not be bothered.  This does decrease the security of 
your system so use with care.

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Fred
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