[PLUG] Sony Vaio Wireless Issue: Update [FIXED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 22 May 2012, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   NetworkManager and nm-applet are working just fine for the eth0
> interface, but not yet for the wlan0 interface. When there's no ethernet
> cable attached the wifi radio should come on and neighborhood access
> points become visible. That's not the case.

   All fixed.

   My business partner (a professional software engineer) came over and
eventually discovered that a) not all pre-requisites for nm-applet were
installed despite my getting all that were offered to me and 2) wicd works
when the configuration for wlan0 is entered in rc.inet1.conf.

   Because no other portable of mine has wanted wlan0 configuration in the
file -- only the static IP info for eth0 -- it never occurred to me to put
in anything for wlan0. He, being naive about my experiences with wireless
connectivity on my laptops, decided that that would be good information to
provide to the system. He was correct.

   Thanks to everyone who helped both directly and via this mail list!

Rich