Re: Broadcom 4321 wireless suddenly stopped working

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On 1/7/2011 1:27 PM, Frank Elsner wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:14:59 -0500 Claude Jones wrote:
>> >  *This is a fairly new Fedora 14 install and I did have the wireless
>> >  working for quite awhile, so all the fwcutter and other
>> >  pre-configuration stuff was done.
>> >  *This install was for a friend and he says it worked fine for awhile and
>> >  then stopped when he took his computer to the office and back home.
>
>    [ .. ]
>
>> >  Can anyone suggest where I might look for problems next?
> If the laptop has a hardware switch for WLAN it may be switched to "off"
> during the transport.

I've checked that switch and it's definitely in the 'on' position - it's 
a dual-boot with WinXP on the other partition and if I boot into XP the 
wireless works fine - it's a real puzzler. Googling has only come up 
with solutions based on what I've already done...

Does anyone know what I should be looking for in the logs?

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
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