Fedora 10 wireless timing out on bootup

[Don Levey]

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Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 05 March 2009 15:37:50 Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> On 03/05/2009 02:47 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>> On Thursday 05 March 2009 14:41:30 Matthew Gillen wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Randy Cole wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>> Under Fedora 10, my wireless is identified as eth1.  On bootup, stalls 
>>>>> for a full minute until something times out.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I prevent Fedora from waiting?  This doesn't seem to be a 
>>>>> problem in Ubuntu.
>>>>>       
>>>> Try running system-config-network, and check the box that says "Controlled by
>>>> NetworkManager", and un-check the box that says "Activate when computer starts".
>>>>
>>>> The latter option is usually redundant with the former.
>>>>     
>>> Just to explain a bit more what's going on here... Since the wireless device
>>> is identified as eth1, rather than wlan0, NM probably thinks its a wired
>>> connection, and thus tries to start it earlier. Is that an out-of-tree wireless
>>> driver by chance?
>>>
>>>   
>> On my Ubuntu system, it also comes up as eth1, and NM has no problem in 
>> identifying it.
> 
> Its not so much a matter of identifying it once you're at the desktop, its
> a matter of what's done with it during boot up, because Fedora 10 actually
> uses NetworkManager to bring up your wired interfaces prior to the desktop
> being available.
> 

If Fedora used NetworkManager during boot-up, why does it fail to
establish the connection then while it succeeds at the desktop?

 -Don
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