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ahsteele

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October 19th, 2005 18:00

D610 Internal Wireless Card Software

I work in an area that does not allow for wireless connections except in specific spots.  It is a violation of our security policy to activate a wireless connection even for a moment.  What I am wondering is if there is a means by which to set the internal wireless card in the D610 to off upon boot.  Then as a user I can choose to activate it when needed from with in Windows.  Thank you for your time.

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    Posted November 1st, 2005 16:00

    the FN - F2 function toggles the Bios setting
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    Posted November 1st, 2005 16:00

    not sure what you mean. The function f2 toggles it on/off. But if you mean can it be off everytime I switch the computer on, then I would guess no. Your best bet if you need wifi would be to have a PCMCIA card and only insert when required. Otherwise buy a Toshiba which has an external switch, but I shouldn't say that on Dell site! :robotsurprised:
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    Posted November 1st, 2005 16:00

    But there is no way to have it default to off.  So I can turn it off as soon as the machine boots, but I can't have it always default to off and then switch it on w/ the fn - f2 switch.  Or am I reading too much into this?