Satellite 2430-301: Cannot use 2200BG WLan card because switch is off

Hi there,
I have a Satellite 2430-301 which was not deliverd with any WLAN capabilities. But I discovered, that there is a MiniPCI slot in the laptop.
So I bought an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG MiniPCI card. After I attached the card into the laptop, it was detected by windows as a new network device. I downloaded and installed the Windows XP drivers (because I have Windows XP installed on the Laptop) from Intel's homepage (9.0.4.17). The installation worked perfecly.
Now I tried to connect to a wireless network, but the Intel software said, that the card is 'off'. So I switched the drop down menu to 'on', which resulted in an german error: "Die Intel(R) PRO/Wireless-Netzwerkverbindung ist noch deaktiviert. Aktivieren Sie sie ber Ihren Hardware-Schalter." (which means something like "The Intel(R) PRO/Wireless network connection is deactivated. Activate it with your hardware switch.").
Although the switch already was in position 'on', I switched it several times - nothing important happend. The LED light near the switch doesn't light in either position.
Are there any incompatibility issues between "Toshiba Satellite 2430-301" and "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG"?
Did I do something wrong?
Is this damn hardware switch broken?
Any suggestions?
I would really be happy, if someone could help me :)
Thanks in advance,
thuriel

I now pressed Fn+F8 several times. The laptop did not react.
In the property box in the advanced tab in the 2200BG properties there is only:
Ad Hoc Channel
Mixed mode protection
Power Management
Preamble Mode
Roaming Aggressiveness
Throughput Enhancement
Transmit Power
Wireless Mode
...so there is no "radion on/off".
The LED light remains off, no matter what I do.

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