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Hi all,

I have a problem with my wifi. Whenever I move my laptop, wifi stops working. I then have to restart my laptop and everything works fine again. I quickly suspected this was a hardware problem, but just to be sure I updated all the drivers which did not have any effect. My first question is if this is indeed a hardware problem and if yes, if it can also be a problem with the motherboard instead of the network card.

I already bought a new network card (Intel Advanced-N 6205) and replaced it, but I run into an 1802 unauthorized error. So I figured that before doing anything drastic it would be nice to have confirmation that replacing the network card is indeed a good thing to do.

Thanks for any help.

there's a green knob on the leftfrontside of the laptop. The switch on my x220t does not slide very easily. When i've switched it of and after that want to switch it on again, i have to push very firmly, otherwise the modem does not turn on. Maybe by moving the laptop, you activate this switch?