Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 138293
system-config-network not noticing wifi devices, think's they're wired, no way to set WEP keys
Last modified: 2008-04-03 14:01:59 EDT
Description of problem: system-config-network does not correctly pick up wireless devices, and does not have the ability to set WiFi encoding setup and keys. This _did_ work on FC3test2... and the same version of system-config-network. Which means that the problem is happening earlier than system-config-network and only manifesting itself when system-config-network is run. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Clean install of FC3test3 2. Open system-config-network 3. Try to config a WiFi device! Actual results: There is no ability to set WiFi encoding Expected results: There should be a way to set WiFi encoding Additional info: Worked under FC3test2.
you may add: TYPE="Wireless" to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<wifi device name> and retry.
Adding TYPE=Wireless to the ifcfg for the device worked. I can now configure WiFi appropriately. So, the bug now is "why didn't the network setup wizard correctly assign the WiFi device as "Wireless", rather than as "Ethernet"?
Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test release, reopen and change the version to match. Thank you!
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported against rawhide during the development of a Fedora release that is no longer maintained. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs for releases which are no longer maintained. If this bug remains in NEEDINFO thirty (30) days from now, we will automatically close it. If you can reproduce this bug in a maintained Fedora version (7, 8, or rawhide), please change this bug to the respective version and change the status to ASSIGNED. (If you're unable to change the bug's version or status, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help, and we apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.
I think we can close the bug out. Thanks much. Since this works fine in the current FC, I will set this bug to "CURRENTRELEASE" and closed. - Bill Yerazunis