On 08/10/14 04:30, Allen Wilkinson wrote:
> David,
> 
> Key question is how do I configure network connections with
> NetworkManager from the command line?

Ahh!  I see.  IIRC, nmcli in EL5 does not support that.  I believe there
is some support for it in EL6 and even more in EL7.  But for EL5, I
believe you need to dig into the configuration files in /etc/NetworkManager.

I'm sorry, I have only two production boxes left with EL5, and neither
of them use NetworkManager, so it's hard for me to point you further.

-- 
kind regards,

David Sommerseth



> On Wed, 8 Oct 2014, David Sommerseth wrote:
> 
>> On 07/10/14 13:55, Allen Wilkinson wrote:
>>> I could use help on the SUBJECT problem.
>>>
>>> This is for an old laptop that uses the ipw2200 wifi driver.
>>> It assigns the wifi to eth1.
>>>
>>> eth0 for wired Ethernet is active okay, and I want eth1 active at the
>>> same time.
>>>
>>> ifup eth1 seems to only allow WEP keys successfully.
>>> NetworkManager never seems to connect at run level 3 using WPA for any
>>> configuration that I can figure out. nm-tool does show WPA should be
>>> possible.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Allen,
>>
>> If you already have configured the network connections using
>> NetworkManager, it should be fairly possible to start the wireless
>> network using 'nmcli'.  That's a command line tool for Network Manager.
>>
>> You most likely need to play around with 'nmcli con'.  F.ex. I have a
>> wirelss config called 'home'.  So to connect from the command line, I do
>> this:
>>
>>  [user@host:~] $ nmcli con up id home
>>
>> I'll admit, it's a long time since I played with EL5, so it might not be
>> fully supported.  But on EL6 and newer, this is possible.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> kind regards,
>>
>> David Sommerseth
>>