Switch off latitude E5500 wireless?

Hi all

I used the wireless internal (1397 mini-map) for a couple of years now... All of a sudden the WIFI light is not on above my keyboard... Win 7 reported no problem with the card and the driver seems to be ok... Others have told me to try the FN + F2 to re - turn on the wireless switch, but this combo doesn't change anything... In fact, on my laptop, this combo determines if the AC adapter charges the battery or not so that hip.

I started my dualboot XP real fast... ON this OS, the wireless is controlled by the application of dell and the software dell says that the wireless radio switch is off? Everything is enabled in the BIOS under the wireless section... This must be a different key combination to toggle the my wireless phone?

I plugged my dongle wireless from another machine and everything works beautifully...

Any ideas?

Well, everyone,

Only, I've solved my problem... I can't believe that I didn't know where this switch was and what it does... As soon as I posted, I found a site that has good information for this laptop... The FN key on the E5500 has nothing to with the wireless implementation power. I literally burned through 50 sites with everyone saying: 'just hold down the FN key and press F2 '... I don't know why everyone has the wrong info on this laptop.

There is a toggle switch on the front of the laptop (just below the plane of the keyboard)... It's where your left wrist sits when you type on the keyboard... It has a symbol to switch wireless access point... It looks like this:

Here is a picture of the site:

In this diagram, the number 7 is exactly where the toggle switch must turn wireless radio switch. This message was perhaps a bit exaggerated, but I was about to tear my hair out trying to understand why my darn phone was not working. I hope this help anyone who reads.

Thank you

Ron

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