Dell Inspiron 1525n Bios version is A16 wifi:0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01) uname -a:Linux titan 2.6.31-13-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 20:04:50 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Situation 1) Bios switch setting is set to bluetooth. Booting with switch on. boban@titan:~$ rfkill list 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no boban@titan:~$ When i turn off switch after login: boban@titan:~$ rfkill list 1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes boban@titan:~$ Both led's for wifi and bt go off, and network manager says wireless disabled. When i turn on back switch only bluetooth led turns on. boban@titan:~$ rfkill list 1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no boban@titan:~$ Situation 2) Booting with bios set to bluetooth and wifi. Booting with switch ON: boban@titan:~$ rfkill list 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no boban@titan:~$ When i turn off switch after login: Both LED's go off. boban@titan:~$ rfkill list 1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes boban@titan:~$ When i turn on switch again: boban@titan:~$ rfkill list 1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no boban@titan:~$ Both LED's go ON. Net manager starts connecting to wifi. Conclusion: Normal behavior is when i set in bios bt & wifi, if i set bt only it doesnt work the way it should (i use sudo rfkill unblock all to make it work).