Re: Banging my head accessing my wifi
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>
>> 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 ?
>>
>> Thx
>
> use iwconfig to see what status your card is in
>
> /sbin/iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> Tx-Power=off
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> irda0 no wireless extensions.
>
> Tx-Power=off means power is disabled (kill switch is off)
>
> you can activate this by the Fn+F<x> combination or hardware switch and with
> iwconfig wlan0 txpower 15
$ /sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
pan0 no wireless extensions.
At least this means the hardware thingy is ON. Now I cannnot switch it
off using the Fn+F<x> comb, I am guessing I am not using the right
keyboard map...
--
Mathieu
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