Samsung Q310 - WiFi Question

Hi

I have been doing some testing with my new Q310 and the WiFi connection toggleing on and off.

My job requires me to fly quite a lot, and I sometimes like to use my Laptop to watch movies on the plane.

In this circumstances I would need to turn off my WiFi on the computer, so I thought I would test it out.

I used the "Fn+F9" combination to turn off Wireless LAN, which was confirmed by the fact that I could no longer find the WiFi network I am currently connected to.

However, upon restarting the computer, I found that the WiFi had re-enabled itself.

And I also noticed that there was no way to turn off the Bluetooth connectivity.

Is there anyway I can disable these functions before leaving my house, short of disabling them in Device Manager?

Thanks

Stu

 

have you checked the bios , there might be a setting!

 

Yep that was it. You can set it to always on, always off, or remember last setting!

Thanks for your help.

Still no way to disable bluetooth though?

Stu

 

Try the BTonoff utility which worked for the Q45.

John

 

Thanks for that John, it works on the Q310 too, although the first time you run it, it doesn't work, but Vista applies compatability settings to it and it runs ok!

You need to do 2x "Allows" in UAC though!!

Thanks Again!

 

Thanks for the feedback. it will be useful for anyone else with the same problem.

John

 

Cheers John and Stu, I realise I rarely/never use bluetooth atm and this will help with the battery
BTW whats devcon? Device Config perhaps?