Jonathan Adams Wrote: >> Andrew Myers Wrote: >>> Hi Cecilia, >>> >>> I think your'e referring to Fn-F5 on my laptop >> keyboard which turns >>> the wireless on and off? >>> >>> This seems to have no effect when running >> OpenSolaris. >> >> Solaris doesn't support function key yet, AFAIK. >> What I meant, there >> hould be a button or a switch on your desktop to turn >> WiFi radio on. >> To ensure whether or not it is on, a wificonfig >> command can be used: >> # wificonfig -i ipw0 getparam radio >> > > I know it sounds silly, but if : > # wificonfig -i ipw0 getparam radio > > says that the radio is off, can you: > # wificonfig -i ipw0 setparam radio=on > > and see if that makes any difference to the getparam command?
This scenario does really make sense. But, unfortunately, ipw driver supports get radio only, not set. This is listed in FAQ, as well as: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/Solaris-wireless-faq/#ipw1 -- Cecilia.Hu at Sun.COM +86-10-62673947
