MHR wrote: > 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. > you can install packages on the live CD for centos-5 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080807/117ea2d7/attachment-0005.sig>