Finally got around top putting F7 on my lappy & need a radio

[David G. Miller]

Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:

> Anyway, with all that crap unloaded, and ndiswrapper loaded, the radio led 
> comes on and stays on, till an ifup wlan0 is done.  When that is done, the 
> led under the screen hinge goes off instantly, and of course with the 
> transmitter off, its not going to connect.
Ummmm.  That's the how the radio light always behaves for me (HP 
Pavilion zv6016us, Broadcom 4306 wireless NIC) with ndiswrapper.  It's a 
feature.  The light lights up to indicate traffic.  It's dark 
otherwise.  Under Windoze, it's on when the radio is enabled and off 
otherwise.  Not as useful.

I got bcm43xx sort of working when FC6 was first released.  I don't 
remember what the radio light behavior was with it.  At the time, the 
only way I could get it to work was by running my AP wide open which 
wasn't acceptable.  FC^h7 will probably be an opportunity to see if it 
works any better now.

Cheers,
Dave

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