I'd be looking at your logs to see if there is any indication why the wifi does not come up during boot > sudo journalctrl -b # current boot > sudo journalctrl -b -1 # previous boot Kal On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer at ngtech.co.il> wrote: > NetworkManger should work pretty nice and good as required. > Just run the right cronjob every minute to make sure the connection is up or > down and find out if it's possible to reconnect. > NetworkManager is kind of does all you need automatically so you should not > do anything unless there is a technical issue. > > Eliezer > > ---- > Eliezer Croitoru > Linux System Administrator > Mobile: +972-5-28704261 > Email: eliezer at ngtech.co.il > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary Stainburn > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 11:25 AM > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Reliable way of having both LAN and WIFI on headless > box > > On Tuesday 10 January 2017 08:53:17 John R Pierce wrote: >> On 1/9/2017 7:11 PM, fred roller wrote: >> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Frank >> > Cox<theatre at melvilletheatre.com> >> > >> > wrote: >> >> That sounds like a weak signal from your wifi transmitter. >> > >> > Or signal interference. Where is the antennae located on the server? >> > Ran into signal issues with antennae which were tucked behind the >> > server before. >> >> indeed, the back of a desktop or server system, sitting on the floor >> (or in a rack) surrounded by piles of cables, is the worst possible >> place for a 2.4GHz or 5.7GHz antenna > > The server is in a rack, but the dongle is plugged in the front and is 5m > from the HP Procurv AP that covers the whole of the first floor. > > A key point I thought I had included in the OP is that this is mostly a > problem on startup. It does sometimes drop off during use, but mainly the > problem is not being able to activate it on startup. > > I am a traditionalist and long for the days before NetworkManager when > networks were much simpler to admin, and much more stable. > > Is it possible to remove NetworkManager and go back to the good old days, > and still have WIFI work properly? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289 Chief Technology Officer (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382 Direct Pricing Exchange Pty Ltd Suite 1415 401 Docklands Drive Docklands VIC 3008 Australia "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925