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Old 12-16-2006, 12:37 PM   #1
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network-manager in FC6 tries to connect to non-existent network


Hardware: IBM ThinkPad T43

I use network-manager in Fedora 6 because I switch access points often. My problem is that at one point I inadvertently fat-fingered an essid and now it always tries to connect to the misstyped essid.

example:
My fat finger came out as 123-456
The real essid might be 123.456


It always tries to connect to the incorrect one first and because it is so close I guess it thinks it is correct. I then have to "connect to other wireless network" and type in the essid. How do I get rid of the fat finger essid? There is no man page and I cannot find a config file. This is my first experience trying to use a gui tool. Previously I would just vi into ifcfg-eth1 and uncomment or change settings as needed.

How it happened in more detail:

left click network-manager applet. choose create new wireless connection. type in the wrong essid. connection fails. choose connect to other wireless network, type in correct essid. connection works. the next visit to this access point results in network-manager trying to connect to the incorrect essid and failing.

Thank you.

Last edited by notiones; 12-16-2006 at 10:32 PM.
 
Old 12-22-2006, 03:38 PM   #2
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Problem Solved

I talked the administrator into changing the essid. Not very original, but a solution nonetheless.
 
Old 12-22-2006, 05:02 PM   #3
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You can find these under:

~/gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks

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Chris
 
Old 12-22-2006, 09:31 PM   #4
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Thanks Snecklifter

Thanks for the info. You are the first person to be able to answer this question. I look forward to checking it out.
 
  


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