Wireless Switch on Toshiba Mini NB305

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Wireless Switch on Toshiba Mini NB305

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Hi everyone. I just got myself a Toshiba Mini NB305 and installed Linux Mint 9 on it. Everything's working fine, but I can't figure out how to enable wireless. The netbook has no physical/external Wi-fi switch. Just a function key. From lspci, I can see the wireless adapter is detected. Take a look:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
07:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER RETURNING TO WINDOWS. I'VE BEEN ON LINUX FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THANKS.
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Re: Wireless Switch on Toshiba Mini NB305

Post by nunol »

Have you tried to use Ndiswrapper (Menu > Administration > Windows Wireless Drivers) with the windows driver to make it work?
casey972oo

Re: Wireless Switch on Toshiba Mini NB305

Post by casey972oo »

Hi there ! ...

as I know something about TOSHIBA ! ... they have a switch ! ... somewhere in the front ! ... but the newer models ! ...
you must find the ' sign ' of ' Wifi ' ... by ... F1 - F12 ! ... and open it with ' FN ' ! ... press it the same moment ! ...
than there will come up a smal window ... with your options ! ...

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