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    Toshiba Laptop - Wireless Switch

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by kal-ck, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. kal-ck

    kal-ck Newbie

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    Hello,

    I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop that has been working fine forever and just the other day when I restart the computer or power down/power up, the wireless switch which is in the "on' position remains in the "on" position, but the system no longer turns the wireless connection "on". I have to manually switch it to "off", then back to "on" and it works fine.

    It's kind of annoying, and I've searched on Google for a solution, but so far, nothing.

    Any assistance would be appreciated!

    Thank you,

    Kal
     
    kal-ck, Jan 15, 2009
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  2. TheNomad

    TheNomad Notebook Guru

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    It's possible your laptop is on minimal power usage? It could switch of the wireless card of automatically when theres no activity.

    My wireless card is shut down automatically after a few minutes when it's connected to a AP, and the signal disappears suddenly. (no others around).
    When the signal returns it's captured in the next wirelles swoop and the card goes back on. If not I have to enable it by hand using a key short cut.

    Cheers
     
    TheNomad, Jan 16, 2009
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