turning on the wireless card

[Phil Meyer]

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.