Satellite A60: Wireless LAN switch at the side is cover over

hi I have a Satellite A60 notebook, I want to turn on my Wireless Lan But the switch at the side is cover over like its just for show. I have all the indications that i can turn it on, the symbol at the fron and the on/ off at the side, but as i said it is covered over and not a switch as showld be. Does theis mean I can't have a wireless connection or is it a fault in the notebook? please help.
many thanks

I do not have an answer, I just want to share your frustration. I recently sorted out a wireless hub for home but I can not get on it with my A60.
I also have the light at the front and the blanked off switch on the right and a manual which talks of wireless LANS in glowing tones.
I was lead to believe that it was wireless enabled but it is not!!!
It even comes up with a graphic "searching for a wireless connection" but that's pointless if it has not got the stuff to work [when it's inches from the wireless hub].

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