help please - The Radio on your 802.11 network adapter is still disabled. Use the

> I have a wireless home network. Some insane reason while I was at work
with
> my laptop, i decided to disable an icon that says it is a "radio". It is
> definatly part of my broadcom wireless configuration. Anyhow, no big
deal,
> I get home and go to "enable" and i get this message:
>
> "The Radio on your 802.11 network adapter is still disabled. Use the
> hardware radio control switch enable it."
>
> Exactly like that, poor english and all.
>
> So wtf do i do ? im not really interested in taking my company laptop
apart
> to find the hardware, can this be what it really means ?

laffy larry wrote:
>> I have a wireless home network. Some insane reason while I was at
>> work with my laptop, i decided to disable an icon that says it is a
>> "radio". It is definatly part of my broadcom wireless
>> configuration. Anyhow, no big deal, I get home and go to "enable"
>> and i get this message:
>>
>> "The Radio on your 802.11 network adapter is still disabled. Use the
>> hardware radio control switch enable it."
>>
>> Exactly like that, poor english and all.
>>
>> So wtf do i do ? im not really interested in taking my company
>> laptop apart to find the hardware, can this be what it really means ?

Some of these have a small on/off switch either on the card or on the
case.

Q

"Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> laffy larry wrote:
> >> I have a wireless home network. Some insane reason while I was at
> >> work with my laptop, i decided to disable an icon that says it is a
> >> "radio". It is definatly part of my broadcom wireless
> >> configuration. Anyhow, no big deal, I get home and go to "enable"
> >> and i get this message:
> >>
> >> "The Radio on your 802.11 network adapter is still disabled. Use the
> >> hardware radio control switch enable it."
> >>
> >> Exactly like that, poor english and all.
> >>
> >> So wtf do i do ? im not really interested in taking my company
> >> laptop apart to find the hardware, can this be what it really means ?
>
> Some of these have a small on/off switch either on the card or on the
> case.

can u explain how i would find the card ?


>
> Q
>
>

In article <lWBJb.939637$9l5.516391@pd7tw2no>, Laffy larry wrote:
> > >> "The Radio on your 802.11 network adapter is still disabled. Use the
> > >> hardware radio control switch enable it."
> > >>
> > >> Exactly like that, poor english and all.
> > >>
> > >> So wtf do i do ? im not really interested in taking my company
> > >> laptop apart to find the hardware, can this be what it really means ?
> >
> > Some of these have a small on/off switch either on the card or on the
> > case.
>
> can u explain how i would find the card ?

If the wireless unit is built in to the computer, not a plug in PC card, you
may find that the hardware switch is one of the "function" keys.

Laptops don't have the full number of keys, so one of the keys will be marked
"Fn", possibly with a box round the letters, and some of the other keys will
have extra characters, also boxed. These are the ones that would be on the
numeric keypad if the keyboard was big enough to have one. (Apologies if you
already know this, but many people never notice these extra functions because
they never have to use them).

If there isn't a little switch on the side of the case for the wireless unit,
look for a symbol looking like a computer with lines next to it (representing
the radio waves I suppose), and try this with the Fn key. On my (Advent)
laptop it's the F2 key, but it could vary.

Rod.

laffy larry wrote:
> "Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> laffy larry wrote:
>>>> I have a wireless home network. Some insane reason while I was at
>>>> work with my laptop, i decided to disable an icon that says it is a
>>>> "radio". It is definatly part of my broadcom wireless
>>>> configuration. Anyhow, no big deal, I get home and go to "enable"
>>>> and i get this message:
>>>>
>>>> "The Radio on your 802.11 network adapter is still disabled. Use
>>>> the hardware radio control switch enable it."
>>>>
>>>> Exactly like that, poor english and all.
>>>>
>>>> So wtf do i do ? im not really interested in taking my company
>>>> laptop apart to find the hardware, can this be what it really
>>>> means ?
>>
>> Some of these have a small on/off switch either on the card or on the
>> case.
>
> can u explain how i would find the card ?
>
>
>>
>> Q

These cards are accessed through a door on the bottom of the laptop,
similar to the RAM access. Some cards have a switch on the side of the
laptop that is a 3-4mm square. Others have found the switch is
difficult to see. Good luck.

Q

"Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >> Some of these have a small on/off switch either on the card or on the
> >> case.
> >
> > can u explain how i would find the card ?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Q
>
> These cards are accessed through a door on the bottom of the laptop,
> similar to the RAM access. Some cards have a switch on the side of the
> laptop that is a 3-4mm square. Others have found the switch is
> difficult to see. Good luck.
>
> Q
>
>

BINGO .... damn, i cant believe how stupid I am. Switch on the side says
.... "on/off".

Some people are too stupid to own a computer ! ;-)