Re: The mystery of WiFi

On Dec 30, 2007 5:16 PM, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

IIRC, Fedora - and other distributions -
tried to bring up the interface <xyz>
if there was a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<xyz>.

But this no longer seems to be the case -
I have an ifcfg-eth0 which is completely ignored
by "service network restart" and even "ifup eth0".

How does Fedora now decide what interfaces to try to bring up?


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Hi Timothy Murphy!

I believe they are using an automated environment overseen by NetworkManager.

To play in a bit more static environment (from gnome desktop):

System > Administration > Services
Un-check NetworkManager
Checki Network (about 2/3 down the list)
Save!
Reboot or restart service.

Enjoy!

Tod

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