[ale] Basic Laptop for presentations question

[Geoffrey]

scott mcbrien wrote:
> Geoffrey,
> 
> I see your problem.  To get the best desktop experience from RH, you 
> really do need to use GNOME.  It could be that they've added 
> network-manager-applet to also work in KDE, but it wouldn't surprise me 
> if it was GNOME only.

I don't use GNOME or KDE, I use Enlightenment 17. That being said, does 
not the applet simply call the Red Hat configuration tool? 
(/usr/bin/system-config-network)

> Also, if you're not using any kind of interactive 
> app, and your network is WPA encrypted, that could be a problem.  The 
> network-script file for your interface supports WEP encryption being 
> specified with the KEY setting, but I don't know the wpa-supplicant 
> magic for sending the authentication password data via a script or 
> commandline.

I've tried WEP and WPA, under Red Hat, still no good.  Understand, this 
is when trying to get it to retrieve an ip via dhcp.  If I set it up as 
static, it does work fine.

> If your wireless network is encrypted and you're not providing any 
> authentication information, that would also explain the issue.  I've 
> seen this behavior before when I've forgotten to put the WEP key in my 
> network-script or if it's been changed on the access point and I've not 
> updated my settings.

Again, the issue I'm speaking to is specifically trying to get a dhcp 
connection via wireless.  Static ip works fine via wireless.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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