On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at 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: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/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