tool for assisting in configuring wireless network?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Chris Norman wrote:

The list consensus is that people generally should not top post (post the 
reply above the message.  Instead, put your reply after the part that you 
are responding to.

> How do you change the device in system-config-network? It always comes up as
> eth0 when I use it.

Delete the interface and recreate it.  As the first step, you will have 
the option of creating a wireless interface.  Select that and it should 
choose to map to your wireless interface as the physical device or give 
you the option.

I wonder if that's fixed in FC5.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Norman
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Saltzman" <mjs at ces.clemson.edu>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: tool for assisting in configuring wireless network?
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>
> On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Leon wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have never used wireless connection with my laptop but would like to
>> have this option. I think when I travel more often than not, I will
>> have to use wireless. My laptop is running FC5 test3. Laptop model:
>> Dell 700M. Thank you for your help.
>
> Set up the interface with system-config-network, then install
> NetworkManager.
>
>

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