<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 8, 2008 7:24 PM, Derek Broughton <<a href="mailto:news@pointerstop.ca">news@pointerstop.ca</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> (my damned HP has a slider on the front, where when I actually have my laptop in my lap, it's _guaranteed_ to catch on my belt buckle and turn itself off). I think there's an iwconfig option, too, but that won't help if the hardware switch is exclusive. </blockquote></div>My HP laptop is the exact same. I remember the first day i got it and had the wireless working all fine and then boom it was gone. Hours spent playing with the router and everything else and i go hmmm whats this slidey thing at the front... Marty