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I am running SL6. During GNOME session, the wifi is connected as soon as I login, however the same does not happen until I login.

The situation further worsens in runlevel 3 where the wifi is not connected even after login. I have tried many solutions related to *wpa_suppliant* over the internet but none seem to help. It seems like it is an open bug in Fedora (which, I believe, is near-upstream for RHEL family).

Because I use the box in a headless manner and use it as NAT for other devices connected to it through ethernet, I would want it to be connected once it boots without logging in. Is there a solution?

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  • are you using network-manager?
    – Ulrich Dangel
    Jul 12, 2012 at 15:49
  • Yes, its part of Gnome and I am using it.
    – User1241
    Jul 13, 2012 at 15:42

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If you are using network-manager make sure that the connection is Available to all users and that network-manager is executed - see http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-NetworkManager.html for more details.

If you don't want to use network-manager (the bug you referred to is only valid for interfaces files) have a look at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/WpaSupplicant which should explain the necessary steps do setup a wireless connection with wpa an interfaces files.

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  • Thanks! Your solution helped a lot and my problem, it seems, is solved.
    – User1241
    Jul 13, 2012 at 16:26
  • The asker writes: “My problem was solved by the WpaSupplicant solution (the CentOS link provided above). However, the solution contained in the link has one step that requires editing ifcfg-wlan0 (or equivalent) file for your wireless. Such a file did not exists in network-scripts folder and therefore I skipped the step, yet everything works fine as expected.”
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Jul 13, 2012 at 23:17
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If you are using network-manager, I suggest switching to wicd instead. In my experience, network-manager seems to be designed mainly for graphical desktops. On wicd, it's much easier to manage wifi networks without graphical tools.

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