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wifi indicator light acer notebook

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i finaly got my wireless working, thanks to this forum, but now my little wifi communications light on the front of my acer aspire 5570 notebook isn't on and blinking, even tho i'm connected using wifi?

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John Brooks (frogging101) said : 		#1

Maybe your button isn't working right. You should look into that.

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philip (philip-29) said : 		#2

this is a new notebook..........the light worked using vista.........i installed ubuntu 8.04,( got rid of windows vista). i'm pretty surd there isn't anything wrong with the ( it's not a button ) indicator light that flashes on the front of the notebook.

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John Brooks (frogging101) said : 		#3

Oh it's not a button? Just a light? My Acer Aspire 5500Z has a button/light. Anyway, when you say it isn't on and blinking, do you mean that it should be blinking but it isn't or it should be on solid but it's blinking?

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philip (philip-29) said : 		#4

it's just a little led on the front edge of the notebook, right below the touch pad. when i was using windows vista it used to 'flutter' while on line. showing activity. it does nothing using ubuntu. i really don't mind tho........i wouldn't go back to windows. my wireless & ethernet connections work fine. i was just wondering about this little led, i got used to seeing it.

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philip (philip-29) said : 		#5

i guess it is a button/light.

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philip (philip-29) said : 		#6

mine is an acer 5570z also.

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gsmx (gsmx) said : 		#7

On my acer Aspire 7520G the led isn't blinking as well. I also have no idea why, but well, does it matter?

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philip (philip-29) said : 		#8

 i would like to know why it isn't working?. it's not defective.

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philip (philip-29) said : 		#9

no help!

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Tony Maro (tonymaro) said : 		#10

The light signifies network activity, and will turn your wireless on/off (with caveats). Mine didn't flash until a relatively recent kernel update. It's very annoying... but things still work ok. I've seen reports of the update breaking access to some wireless networks as well.

If I happen to turn off my wireless with the button, the only way I can get it to come back on is to disable the wireless network with the Ubuntu wireless gadget that lives in the panel, then I push the wireless button, and immediately afterwards re-enalbe the wireless network in Ubuntu. After a few seconds it is enabled again. (ACER 5920)

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Tony Maro (tonymaro) said : 		#11

The light signifies network activity, and will turn your wireless on/off (with caveats). Mine didn't flash until a relatively recent kernel update. It's very annoying... but things still work ok. I've seen reports of the update breaking access to some wireless networks as well.

If I happen to turn off my wireless with the button, the only way I can get it to come back on is to disable the wireless network with the Ubuntu wireless gadget that lives in the panel, then I push the wireless button, and immediately afterwards re-enalbe the wireless network in Ubuntu. After a few seconds it is enabled again. (ACER 5920)

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Fahdman (fahdxray) said : 		#12

cxvx

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path1 (patamar631) said : 		#13

i have an acer5920 with a intel 5965 wireless card nbuntu does not conf or recognize also do not know how to update the distro most recent release

please help
thank you