[Wolves] Wifi, Ubuntu, Sick as a Parrot

[Dave Morley]

On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 12:57 +0000, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin wrote:
> Hi All (Just a rant + give you all a laugh)
> 
> So I upgraded my Draytek Vigour 2600 router to a nice 2800 VG
> wireless, so far I've spent 4 hours screaming at the laptop "Connect
> you fecking thing!" Wifi-Radar sees it, so does
> (K)network-wifi-manager-whatever-its-called.
> 
> Wifi-Radar says "Got IP 165.xxx.254.xxx" which is some totally useless
> address should be something like 192.168.xxx.xxx
> 
> (K)network-yadder-yadder is a complete waste of time too
> 
> ArchLinux wiki followed to the letter 'forget it' no joy either I'm
> 99.9% convinced wpa_supplicant is installed will be checking tonight.
> 
> So just for a giggle I stuck the latest Ubuntu live cd in and booted,
> saw the network icon and clicked on it, saw my wifi listed, chose the
> radio button next to it, whizzy little icon bugger me it connected
> properly with instant (100% strength) wifi internet access
> 
> I hate Ubuntu, mutter mutter swear swear curse curse.
> 
> 1. what's Ubuntu use?
> 2. Would it be possible to copy some config file?
> 3. No I'm not switching to Ubuntu
> 4. Its not practical to run the live CD every time I want to use the Wifi
> 5. I cant think of any other smart comment people are likely to come
> back with. :-)
> 
fedora 8 should have the same network manager install and novell/redhat
were the ones who created it.
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