Satellite A660 - message Wireless Radio is disabled

I recently had some issues with my Belkin Router and after a reset was performed I attempted to update my wireless security settings.
This failed and I was met with the message "Wireless radio is disabled. To configure wireless security, please enable wireless radio." I have since tried the Fn + F8 keys etc to no avail - assistance required.
Thanx..

Hi
I would recommend you to uninstall the Wlan driver.
Do that from device manager.
Uninstall the Wlan driver, reboot the notebook and install new Wlan driver which you could download from the Toshiba driver page.
Then go to control panel -> network and sharing center
Here on the left click on the option Manage wireless networks
Now you could add and configure new Wlan

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