[SOLVED] WiFi Auto Connect Doesn't Work (NetworkManager Applet)

[chrison]

Hi, all!

The auto connect feature of NetworkManager Applet (version 0.7.997) isn't working on my system. If the WiFi connection dies, Network Manager doesn't detect that the connection has been lost and try to reestablish the connection. I have to manually click on the WiFi hotspot to reestablish the connection. This appears to be the case both while the computer is running and when I first boot it up (i.e. when booting, if the first attempt at establishing a WiFi connection doesn't succeed, Network Manager doesn't retry or try another hotspot).

Is this "normal" behavior for Network Manager? If not, does anyone know a fix? Here's some more info about my system:

Computer: Dell Inspiron 1318 laptop
WiFi Chip: Broadcomm BCM4238
Kernel Version: 2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64
Drivers:

broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3-1.fc12.noarch
kmod-wl-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64-5.10.91.9.3-4.fc12.2.x86_64
kmod-wl-5.10.91.9.3-4.fc12.2.x86_64

If further information is needed to diagnose what's happening and suggest a fix, just ask. Thanks, in advance, for any help offered!

Regards, Chris

[Nokia]

Try

su -
yum install akmod-wl --enablerepo=u*g --enablerepo=rpm*g
yum update --enablerepo=u*g --enablerepo=rpm*g
reboot

[chrison]

Originally Posted by Nokia

Try

su -
yum install akmod-wl --enablerepo=u*g --enablerepo=rpm*g
yum update --enablerepo=u*g --enablerepo=rpm*g
reboot

Thanks for this advice, Nokia. I ran that those commands, and WiFi does appear to be more stable. As well, NetworkManager does now automatically attempt a connection, but it appears to do so only once for each hotspot. Is this normal behavior, or should it be making repeated attempts? Is this something that can be configured? If so, how?

Thanks, again, for your patience and help!

Regards, Chris

[Nokia]

Sorry, no idea about that.