Problems with wireless
Andrew Robinson
awrobinson-ml at nc.rr.com
Tue Nov 14 17:22:36 UTC 2006
Phil Meyer wrote:
> Andrew Robinson wrote:
>
>> I had wireless working well with ndiswrapper on FC4 on my laptop. I
>> installed FC6 on other partitions, made an unsuccessful attempt to
>> configure wireless with BCM43xx. When I rebooted into FC4, wireless
>> had stopped working. I've tried unloading and reloading the module,
>> deleting and reinstalling the driver. Nothing has seemed to work. One
>> thing I find curious and I have illustrated below, I cannot change
>> parameters with iwconfig. Can someone offer insight into what I might
>> have done to screw up my wireless and what I can do to fix it? (The
>> wireless network is working because my wife's PowerBook is working fine.)
>
>
> Been there done that.
>
> Most common problem is that somehow the radio is turned off now.
> Laptops with wireless have a function key, usually a different color.
> While NOT in X windows (like during boot up) press FN/F2 or whatever
> function key has the radio icon on it to enable the radio. That key
> combo is a toggle.
>
Bingo! Found the key, toggled it, and wireless amazingly returned! Thanks!
Andrew
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