From: "Andy Willis" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:22:10 -0600
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Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
> On 09/26/06 08:18 am, Stanley Sidlov thus wrote :
>> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:47:02 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> Some notebooks have a physical switch for the WLAN. Look around the 
>>> front lip of the machine for a slider (or perhaps around the back). I 
>>> got fooled recently with an X60 (which does indeed have a hardware 
>>> switch, and the Fn-F5 key sequence does nothing when this switch is 
>>> turned off).
>>>     
>>
>> found it but it was IN the ON position. I have read elsewhere about 
>> the pin 13 issue with the 2200 card but it seems a shame to do. (You 
>> tape over pin 13 so that the card is 'always on.') I have to get my 
>> wife to move all her docs and such (several gigs) off to a USB drive 
>> so I can reinstall this laptop with the oem's disks and do all the 
>> software updates.  It was part of one of those 'managed' networks and 
>> I can't even change the domain name without a password. The company 
>> doesn't exist anymore, and the laptop was a part of her compensation. 
>> The docs are useful since she still works with the same brand of  
>> software systems.
>>
>>   
> Hmmm... At this point, I'm stumped. As a test, you could try insulating 
> pin 13. That said, this may indeed be entirely software related. Is 
> there an indicator light anywhere on the panel which turns on and off 
> with the WLAN power?
> 
> Of course, if you wee coming up next month, we could look at it in the 
> workshop... (hint, hint). ;-)
> 
Have you tried toggling the hardware switch?  Maybe it is labeled 
backwards or just switching it off and back on will change its state.
Andy