Turning on wireless card

I can not turn on wireless

It would be most helpful if you told us the model of Macbook you have and the version of Mac OS X on the MB.
What have you tried?

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Turning on wireless card cases BSOD

I have a T500 that I got around Christmas time that hasn't caused me any issues up until this...I have Vista Ultimate and the WiFi link5300 (i can give more hardware info, but I don't think it's releveant...) I had turned off the wireless when taking a trip a couple of weeks ago using the FN+F5 way, but hadn't turned it back on for a while, as I don't really use it that much. The other day, I tried to turn it back on, and was immediately sent to a BSOD - the BSOD comes back with
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
and then ndis.sys as the file that caused it...
I've updated my wireless card drivers through Lenovo update, but that still didn't work, and the problem persists - any ideas on how to fix this?

It would be most helpful if you told us the model of Macbook you have and the version of Mac OS X on the MB.
What have you tried?

Turning wireless card on and off

I just got my new laptop and am putting Arch on it of course. It has the Intel 3945 card which is pretty common so I thought I'd use the iwlwifi driver. I followed the Wiki and even perused a couple other laptop wiki entries with the same card to see how they did it but none of them have worked correctly. I think the reason is because the actual card isn't turned on. When I boot into Windows the little wifi light comes on indicating the card is active and I can connect to a wireless network then but when I boot into Arch the light is off. iwconfig wlan0 essid mynetwork and iwconfig wlan0 key ******** both run without error but I don't have an IP address.
The only problem is there's no key combination to turn the card on and off. It's a little button that you slide one way to turn on bluetooth and wireless and the other way to turn it off. The bluetooth light is on in Linux but not the wireless. It's driving me crazy because I can't seem to find anything in the manual about it and the card is set to be turned on by default in the BIOS. What else can I do?

OK, I think I figured it out. I'm now using my wireless card to browse the Internet. I think what was happening was my wired interface (eth0) was conflicting with my wireless interface. Once I brought my wired connection down, I was able to connect with the wireless one.
Maybe someone can simplify the process for me now. I've disabled eth0 in rc.conf but in order to get the wireless up and running I have to bring up wlan0 with ifconfig, use iwconfig to configure the essid and key and then connect through wifi-radar (even though wifi-radar already contains the correct configuration). That means I can't just connect with wifi-radar after boot. I have to run those iwconfig and ifconfig commands first. I considered putting wlan0 as an interface in rc.conf but the Wiki entry I read said not to do that for the 3945 card. So is there any way to streamline this process?
And I guess Linux just doesn't send any power to the little light even though it does for the bluetooth one. That really doesn't boher me but it did throw me for a loop the first time around.

Turn off only wireless card in AEBS?

The drop down menu 'Wireless Mode' in AirPort Utility has an option to turn off the wireless. Does this physically switches off the wireless card in the AEBS so it doesn't use power anymore and subsequently doesn't emit anything through the antenna? Could someone please shine a light on this? Thanks very much - Jos

So, I opened the thing and did some measurements which indicate the card is almost completely shut down except for appr. 15 mA power still flowing. Here are the results:
With card installed, WLAN and LAN (3 x) connected:
- starting up: 370 mA (yellow LED steady)
- started up: 450 mA (yellow LED flashing)
- wireless mode OFF: 530 mA (green LED steady)
- wireless mode ON 10 % power: 700 mA
- wireless mode ON 100 % power: 710 mA
Without card, WLAN and LAN (3 x) connected:
- starting up: 360 mA (yellow LED steady)
- started up : 420 mA (yellow LED flashing)
- online through W/LAN: 520 mA (green LED steady)
So, the card burns about 180 mA @ 12 V (2,2 W) which is appr. 1/4th of the total power consumption.

DV6915nr laptop won't turn on after taking out wireless card with it on

AFter taking out my wireless card from my laptop, with it on, my computer now won't turn on at all. No lights come on in the front at all? Did I fry my motherboard?? Help please thanks

you took the wireless card out while the laptop was switched on??

Airport Extreme Wireless Card will not turn on:

Hey,
Currently, my AirPort in my Network Preferences disables itself and will not allow me to "Turn AirPort On" as I get a dead response when I click.
This does not happen all the time. Sometimes after booting it up, it will work for a period of time before going back to the old problem.
The icon in the bar shows the wireless outline with no bars (at all) in the pie shaped icon.
Some system info:
AirPort Card Information:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.38.9)
Current Wireless Network: wireless network not available
I use a Belkin Wireless G+ Router
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=184371
What I have done:
I have tried booting up in Safe Mode.
I have deleted my airport.plist file.
The other laptops in the house, including an older MacBook works without problems so I have a feeling it is to do with this hardware or software issue - but I'm very unsure as to what may be the cause.
I can't find any other help on this problem, so any advice or help that you can offer would be greatly appreciated
-Any other information needed, don't hesitate to ask!
Thanks,
Alan.

Here is one possible fix:
Go System Preferences > Network > Location.
Edit location (whatever name you want).
Click + and then click done.
Try your browser.
And, here is another possibility that has worked for others (I think referred to by William):
Go Finder > Your HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration.
Move the SystemConfiguration folder to your Desktop.
Restart.
Try your browser.
Try something a little different.
Go Finder > Your HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration.
Move the SystemConfiguration folder to your Desktop.
Go System Preferences > Network > Delete all locations, and use Automatic.
Restart.
Try your browser.

PCI wireless card does not work after restart - FM2-A55M-E33

Installed TP-LINK WN751ND wireless PCI card onto FM2-A55M-E33 motherboard. The card works fine after cold start, but does not work after restart. Windows recognises the card, but it gets code 10, cannot start.
BIOS is updated (v.11.1), as well as drivers and Windows 7 64.
I suspect that this might be the issue: Incorrect ASPM Transitions on the GPP Interface as found in ChipsetMotherboard_TechDocs/48671.pdf on AMD's official support site.
Does anyone know more about this issue?

Great! I've done that and now my card shows up. Thing is, when I try to get an IP address, it won't work. Here is the command output:
ieee80211 phy0: wl_ops_config: change monitor mode: false (implement)
ieee80211 phy0: wl_ops_config: change power-save mode: false (implement)
ieee80211 phy0: wl_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)
And then it times out and no IP is assigned. The thing is, wpa_supplicant stays alive after this time out, and I am unable to kill it (killall -9 wpa_supplicant won't kill it). At this point if I try to reboot the machine, it will stop at 'Rebooting' and won't go anywhere. If I turn off the wireless card in its switch Linux crashes. If I try to get an ip again (by running dhcpcd) the command will hang and not return to the shell anymore.
I am unable to find any useful information in the logs.
Got any more suggestions?
Thanks! (And sorry to disturb so much)

Can't turn-on wireless.

Whoa……what happened? My 2yr-2mo old T61p has performed flawlessly until yesterday. Started auto shut downs, then freeze-ups. Thought I had a virus but couldn’t scan for some reason.
Called Norton and confirmed my account still valid. Couldn't explain inability to virus scan and suggested updating to their last release.
Began that process via DSL but then lost all ability to connect….wireless now off and will not turn on & can’t connect via Ethernet either. The net is fine, other devices are working.
Opened w/ last known good config. but still getting freeze-ups and no communications….all communications icons have red x’s and unable to roll back to prior drivers....none now exist.??
Anyone successfully overcome anything similar? Reinstall communications drivers is my 1st thought to reinitiate the Norton u'grade however I didn’t get the discs when I bought new from Lenovo.
Thanks

go into your recovery console, by click on the blue thinkvantage button during startup, then select hardware diagnose, which should take into dos version of the pc-doctor diagnostic software, now a run check on the wireless card.
Also, download TPfancontrol, and check what temperature your laptop reaches, i think your laptop is overheating.
To confirm this diagnose, download the Prime95, and run it and see whether that can cause your laptop shutdown again.
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Dv9810us after recovery windows will not detect the wireless card that is bulit into the computer.

After running the recovery (Vista 32) from the recovery partition my computer no longer sees the Wifi card installed.
There is nothing in device manager, the hp wireless wizard doesn't detect anything. I went to HP's site and download the 3 different wifi drivers that it would be and installed them. I can not rememeber what the adapter was.,. thats a problem.
This system was a refurbed unit when I bought it, if the salesman was correct it was recalled because of a faulty Wireless card. I wonder if they replaced the card with one that the restore partition installation could not detect.
Any ideas?

first make sure the wifi is turned on either by a switch located on the front of keyboard or a soft touch icon near the display.. if you have the soft touch make sure it's blue in color if its orange its turned off

WRT54GX4 acting as a wireless card?

I currently have a wireless Netgear connected to my cable modem. I was wondering if it was possible to setup my WRT54GX4 to act as a wireless card for my PC and connect to the Netgear's wireless? In other words I want to plug the NIC of my PC into the Linksys and have it connect to the Netgear wirelessly.
I have tried to set it up several times. I need to disable NAT and put in the route info to the wireless Netgear correct? Are there any papers the show you how to configure this?
Thanks.

I doubt that you can do this with a WRT54GX4. Most Linksys routers cannot be turned into a wireless bridge, at least not with Linksys firmware. Perhaps there is 3rd party firmware that would do this.
What you need is a wireless bridge, such as the WET54G. Just wire the WET to your computer's ethernet port. In theory, the WET should be able to connect to any wireless g router, so probably your Netgear should work with it. Certainly the WET54G would connect if you made your main router the WRT54GX4.
Alternatively, if the computer is the only device you want to connect wirelessly, you could get a wireless g adapter for it.
If you used your WRT54GX4 as your main router, and put a matching (i.e. SRX400) wireless adapter in your computer, you should be able to boost your wireless speed and range.
Another idea is to use your WRT54GX4 as your primary router, then convert your Netgear to a wireless bridge - but I do not know if this is possible.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 05-09-200703:47 AM

X200s wireless card keeps disappearing

I lose my wireless randomly after a few hours or days of use.
Pressing fn+f5 results in the error message "Lenovo Wireless adapters (802.11, WAN or Bluetooth) are not installed on this system."
In Device Manager my "11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter III" from Atheros Communications disappears (no errors visible).
I have to restart to get the wireless back. This usually works (for another few hours).
Does anyone have any ideas ? I searched the boards and other people's wireless problems seem to be a bit different.
I should say that after some googling other people's problems, I have tried uninstalling the ThinkVantage Access Connections, and also unticked the Windows box "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" under the wireless card's Properties. Neither help.
I am running Wondows 7 Enterprise.

hey rpwt,
try uninstalling the current wireless driver that is installed on your unit. let windows install its generic drivers.
with generic wifi drivers install, try connecting again and see if the same issue happens again.
curious to know does this happen on any wifi connection or only at your home / office connection ??
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Wireless card in PC slot not recognized by Airport software

Since upgrading to Tiger from 10.3.9, I have not been able to use my wireless card (MacWireless cardbus 802.11g) in my PB G4 667 after I eject the card and reinsert. The PC Card menu item recognizes the card, but not Airport. If I leave the card in and put the machine to sleep, Airport will recognize the card. It's only when I turn off Airport, power off the card, and eject it to transport my laptop that I can't get Airport to work. The only solution is a restart. This worked fine under 10.3.9, but now is broken. I have tried deleting my preferences (which MacWireless support recommended) at:
Library/Preferences/System Configuration/preferences.plist
But that does not help either.
Powerbook G4 667 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

But is there any reason that the card isnt getting power, there are no green lights on the end of the card like there was when it worked. I still do have my IOXperts driver under other. But when I click it all values in status is N/A. The diagnostics button when pushed shows ""Diagnostics: Firmware versions: (Blank). Il try what you say but I dont think the pane is the issue.

Can not detect wireless card

WRE54G / Win XP SR2
My laptop and PDA can connect to the network wirelessly with no problems.
Trying to connect my WRE54G to my network. On every attempt at AutoConfigure nothing happens. Have disabled router security and 'SPI Firewall' (whatever that is). Still nothing. Have disabled router security and 'SPI Firewall' (whatever that is), and McAfee Firewall. Still nothing. I have moved the WRE54G to within ~4 feet of the router and tried everything again. Still nothing.
I have tried Setup but when I hit 'Next' I get the popup "Can not detect wireless card."
Have tried a reset and have unplugged/replugged the WRE54G. FWIW, the WRE54G 'Link' light blinks blue once for about a second and turns a constant red. The 'Activity' light blinks blue twice quickly about every 5 seconds. Nothing on my PC shows any response.
What is the wireless card that can't be found? The WRE54G?
How do I resolve this?
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this worked for me too. Although I was never able to use the cisco install wizard successfully. I am using WEP security on my access point. I took the following steps.
1. From laptop, connect to network wirelessly with WEP security settings in place
2. From laptop, open browser, go to: 192.168.1.1, select wireless security, disable wireless security
3. From Range Extender, hold auto-configure button. It took me multiple attempts (~5) and it connected so the 'Link' light changed from red to a consistent blue.
4. From laptop, disable security for the access point (via control panel, wireless network connection settings)
5. From laptop, connect to wireless access point (via control panel, wireless network connection settings). test internet connection. Internet should work.
6. From laptop, access range extender web utility. open browser, got to 192.168.1.240, enable security, input desired WEP security settings/passphrase.
7. From laptop, enable wireless security for the access point. from browser, go to 192.168.1.1, select wireless security and enable it. use the same settings from step 6 (from the range extender).
8. From laptop, update wireless adapter settings to connect using the same security settings (eg. passphrase) from step 6/7.
range extender, access point and wireless adapter/laptop should all be connected.

Satellite P750 - Wireless card is not working

PSAY3A-02q001. Laptop is about 20 months old. Turned it on this afternoon and the wireless is not working. Atheros AR9002WB-1NG. Cannot b switched on and off from the hardware switch. The switch beeps when pushed. Network troubleshooter indicates card is not turned on. Card is still detected in windows.
I am feeling that this indicates the card has failed. Any thoughts?
cheers Simon

Ok just to tidy this up
The Atheros OEM wireless lan and the bluetooth were both working.
They stopped but I could still see the card in device manager.
Thinking the card was faulty and wanting to upgrade to a better wireless card I purchased an Intel 6235. i had the same problem i.e. the card would not turn on. I reinstalled the Toshiba value added package which then returned functionality to the hotkeys to turn the wireless on and off.
Next problem i was unable to get the bluetooth on the intel card to work.
There is a long thread on this on the intel community forum with the bottom line being a lot of people can't get it to work on their laptops.
I removed the intel card and reinstalled the OEM atheros card which is now working except i can't get the bluetooth to function correctly.
The intel bluetooth software is virtually uninstallable.
This is also covered in the same community forum.
The next step will be reinstalling the OS (windows 7 x64). It has been running for 2 years so is probably due.
Learnings.
1> If your wireless card stops working in the P750 and you can't turn it on reinstall the Toshiba Value added package.
2> Don't install an Intel Centrino 6235 wireless card in your Satellite P750. The bluetooth will not work.
3> Don't install the Intel Proset bluetooth software on your Satellite P750. It wraps itself around everything and can't be uninstalled. Actually you can get it out manually
[6235 thread|http://communities.intel.com/thread/31247]
cheers Simon

Elitepad 900 improper shutdown/restart/sleep, BSOD/hang: wireless card driver problem, Windows 8

There doesn't seem to be a discussion section for this product, so here goes...
I've been trying out the HP ElitePad 900 from a local vendor for possible use in our environment. I work for the resident IT shop as a Network Engineer and while I was testing out the product, I ran into an interesting bug. Seem that the products wireless card (the Qualcomm Atheros AR6004 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi Adapter), when the Power Management of this device is set to not "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power", it will not shutdown completely, it will not reboot and it will not go to sleep.
Rebooting with the wireless card's set in this manner causes a BSOD (or whatever they're calling it for Windows 8). The error says that there was a power state error.
If you let it go to sleep, the devices does not respond.
Shutting down, the device hangs at shutdown, preventing it from fully shutting down.
None of my other devices running Windows 8 have this problem.
The driver version is 3.7.0.206.
Again, I'm just testing this product. I will not be able to further troubleshoot the device. I'll leave that up to the support people to work this out.

Hey Guys,
I discovered the same problems with my Elitepad. However, I installed the following update and it seems that at least the stand-by problems are solved:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03795459&lang=en&cc=us&taskI...

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