On 2020-05-31 15:56, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-31 15:51, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On 5/31/20 12:40 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> On 2020-05-31 15:31, Samuel Sieb wrote: >>>> That's not normal. Normally you can have both ethernet and wifi connected >>>> at the same time. But for some reason, your laptop has a physical wifi >>>> disable when the ethernet cable is plugged in. >>> FWIW, this article >>> >>> https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/gb/sk/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-p-series-laptops/thinkpad-p72-type-20mb-20mc/solutions/HT500407 >>> >>> suggests the P72 and a Fn key sequence to enable/disable the Wifi. My old >>> Acer laptop has a similar >>> key sequence which operates on the HW level independent of any OS. >> Yes, most laptops have that, but from what he's said that's not the problem. >> The wifi is only disabled when the ethernet cable is plugged in. That's >> the weird part, but since it also happens in windows, it must be a hardware >> thing. >> > OK, this was a rather long thread which I wasn't closely following. I just > recall him saying at the start that > there wasn't a switch on the laptop. >
I looked back in the thread and I could find no indication that the Fn key sequence was indicated to exist or was tried. I understand that plugging in the ethernet cable results in a hard block. However, it seems one should at least see if the Fn key then overrides that. If that has been tried I can't find it. Then again, I've been distracted these days. Most Windows users that I know only have one interface active at a time. So, the design of the ethernet disabling Wifi may be based on those types. :-) :-) -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
