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.  :-) :-)

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