On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:05:23AM -0500, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Coming into this late....
> Scott Robbins wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 01:38:04PM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> >> On 12/08/2011 08:11 AM, Jeff Gordon wrote:
> >> > Hi, Folks --
> >> >
> >> > I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6
> >> > netinstall insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a
> >> > wired DSL connection, consequently netinstall fails and only offers
> >> > the option to Retry.
> <snip>
> >> the installer will give you a choice as to what network interface you
> >> want to use, if you are not seeing that its possible the installer does
> >> not see the second interface at all.
> >
> > I am trying to remember how this went on my Acer. Firstly, the hardware
> > switch for the wireless is probably on the front. It doesn't give any
> > sign that it's on or off, you move it to one side, then release and try
> > this a few times.
> <snip>
> This is my first thought, also. I've not dealt with an Acer - my laptops
> from work for years have been Dells, and they have a tiny switch that
> turns wireless on and off, and I *have* to turn it off to get it to use
> the cable.
>
> mark
>
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Thanks, Mark. If there's a switch on this one they've hidden or disguised
it really, really well. :-) I think it was designed with Windows 7 users
in mind.
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