RE: Banging my head accessing my wifi

["Kevin Ross" <kevin@familyross.net>]

> From: Mathieu Malaterre [mailto:mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:07 PM
> 
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Tim Tebbit <ttebbit@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> >> Here is part of dmesg:
> >
> >> [   32.017203] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-
> 4965-2.ucode
> >> [   32.056427] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: loaded firmware version
> 228.57.2.23
> >> [   32.056564] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill
> switch
> >
> > Does this mean the radio switch is in the "off" position?
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> I do not understand what you mean. How do I turn this thing on ?

You don't say what kind of computer you have, but many laptops have an
actual switch on the edge of the computer that is used to turn on/off wifi
and Bluetooth.  I know my Thinkpad does.