Cannot turn wireless off?!?

[aboveliquidice]

Hey guys - I have a small config problem that has been annoying me.

I cannot turn my wireless on or off... which I think is very strange.

My wireless works fine - but recently (since getting my 4-cell battery) I have been concerned with maximizing battery life. Controlling when wifi is on/off is a really good way to do so.

Issue:

I have ACPI power management, video drivers, hot key drivers installed.

I also have my regular wireless drivers installed - but thinkvantage access connections thinks my wireless radio is off - however, if I hit fn + f5, it says it turns everything on... (despite the fact I can surf before and afterwards). Regardless of what I push, the wifi light is still on - am I missing something???

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[rek]

I have had some Fn-F5 issues in the past, they went away by re-installing the ACPI driver.

There are a few threads with different solutions to similar problems -- look for "Fn-F5" -- that's where I found the solution to my problem. Most of them revolve around the WLAN power setting not showing up on the hotkey menu.