wireless on a hp pavillion dv5000

[michael]

Glen Barber wrote:
> Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
>> I have installed the ndis stuff and it sees the mac address but when i
>> push the "power" button on the wireless (build into the laptop) it does
>> not power on the wireless card any ideas?
>
> Do you have 'ifconfig_ndis="your settings here"' in rc.conf?  Are you 
> sure by pressing that button you haven't turned the wireless card off? 
> (In my experience with ndis0 and hotkeys, it doesn't work well.)
>
> You're not giving is much to work with here.
When i was using the ndis interface on my dv2000 with broadcom4311 the 
wifi light never came on and the switch had no function. you could be 
experiencing the same situation. my wifi did however, work.