Jeff, Thanks for the reply. That didn't work for me :(
I even tried plumbing the interface but the radio remained off even though the interface is plumbable. On 6/29/06, Jeff Cheeney <Jeff.Cheeney at sun.com> wrote: > On 06/29/06 04:02, Wee Yeh Tan wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a Acer Travelmate 3002WTMi with a builtin wifi (intel 2200 BG). > > I can scan for available networks successfully but I can never turn > > the radio on. I believe this might have to do with the "hardware" > > switch and I tried to turn it on in WinXP but the radio just turns off > > after the reboot. > > > > I'm running snv38 and iwi driver 0.4. > > > > Any tips on getting that working? > > > > > I have the same machine and you have to play with the front switch to > make things work. It is odd, but you have to press the button twice to > turn the card on. But note, the light never comes on. The most simple > way to test if the wifi is on is to query the radio parameter with > wificonfig (wificonfig -i iwi0 getparam radio). What I typically do is > push the HW button, run the wificonfig command and check the output. If > off, repeat until radio=on. > > Hope that helps .. > > --jc > > -- Just me, Wire ...
