[Bug 464559] Re: ifconfig returns SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132 when running commad ifconfig wlan0 up

[Chase Douglas]

@Truxpin:

A relative of mine recently bought a Lenovo Y450. Even under windows, we
couldn't get wireless to work out of the box as it came from the factory
(amazing engineering there...). We finally found out through a google
search that there are two rf switches (I cannot fathom why they thought
this was a good idea) on the laptop: a normal "switch" and a keyboard
function key. My guess is that you have flipped the normal "switch", but
maybe you need to hit the function key on the laptop.

As an example, I found an image of the Y450 keyboard (I couldn't find an
image of your keyboard): http://www.thinkpads.com/wp-
content/uploads/2009/05/lenovo_ideapad_y450_keyboard.jpg. Notice that it
has a wifi symbol on the F5 key. By hitting Fn+F5 you turn on and off
wireless. You have to have the wireless enabled through this key combo
AND the "switch" for wireless to work.

Please look for any similar switches on your laptop to see if you can
enable it.

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ifconfig returns SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132 when running commad ifconfig wlan0 up
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