Re: Howto get an automatic Wifi connection?

[Patrick <fedora-list puzzled xs4all nl>]

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