On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
WRT wireless on CentOS, use NetworkManager to find and connect to networks ...
You can see if it is installed with the command:
rpm -qa | egrep "NetworkManager|wpa_supplicant"
If installed, the output is similar to this:
NetworkManager-0.6.4-8.el5 NetworkManager-glib-0.6.4-8.el5 NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.4-8.el5 wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.2.el5
If not, install with thsi command:
yum install NetworkManger* wpa_supplicant
The run NetworkManager from the command line.
You will see a NetworkManager applet beside the clock and you should be able to click it and pick a network.
Here are more details for how to setup NetworkManager:
The OP was wondering if this was possible from the live CD - I'm wondering if installing a (missing?) package is the right solution in /that/ case.
For (normal) CentOS, I have used a USB plugin wireless adapter on my laptop with excellent success, although it is not as easy as (okay, I won't name that other excuse for an OS) 1-2-3 - it takes some looking to find the whole enchilada, but it /is/ find-able.
mhr