turning on the wireless card

[Barry Tepperman]

Well, it would have been nice if that had worked. It didn't. Have run
all the tests in setting up the hardware - everything seems fine. But I
keep getting:

"Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present.  Check
cable?"

Any other ideas? Anyone?

Barry 

On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 07:43 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote:

> Barry Tepperman wrote:
> > The hard disk crashed on my Dell Inspiron 6000 and after replacing it 
> > I've installed JUST FC5 - NO  Windows. Have followed all the steps to 
> > download and install all the drivers and firmware I need to get my 
> > builtin wireless (Intel Pro Wireless 2200) working - and Network 
> > Control panel tells me everything is in place. But... when I go to 
> > activate the card it can't be found and I get an error message asking 
> > me if the cable is connected. I have read elsewhere that one bug in 
> > FC5 on this machine is that it doesn't switch the wireless card on and 
> > that the fix is to go back into Windows and switch it on there. Well, 
> > folks, I don't have Windows and really don't want to install it just 
> > for that. Any suggestions about how to switch it on within FC5?
> >
> > Barry Tepperman 
> Before you get to X windows, or init 3, and toggle wireless card on with 
> the FN/Wireless keys.
> It won't work with X up because the keys will be processed by X and not 
> passed to the MB firmware.
> 
> But always right after boot while still testing hardware, the FN 
> (function)/Wireless key (hold down the function key and press the key 
> with the wireless icon on it) works.
> 
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