On 2006/07/07 18:46, Bryan Brake wrote: > Andreas Burghardt wrote: > >Hello everyone, > > > >I want to use my wireless card and everything seems to be well > >configured except one thing: how to switch Radio on? I have a "Joybook > >5200G (Benq)" and if I want to switch Radio on by using the keyboard it > >isnt working! Perhaps this is a very noob-question ... but its my first > >notebook .-) > >Is there a way to switch Radio on by using the commandline? > > hint: man ifconfig(8)
no, some laptops have software-controlled switches to turn the radio on and off. sometimes they are separate buttons, sometimes they are key combinations. this is not the same thing as `ifconfig up' etc. some notebooks are badged, so it may be worth invesigating whether any of the drivers at http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/download.html might be of use.
