locoboy
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| posted on 28/1/11 at 12:30 PM |
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wireless laptop issues HELP!
Hi folks,
I have a laptop that i use on my home wireless network and quite often my connection drops off even when i am sitting only 2 yards away from my
wireless
router.
My iphone very rarely looses its wireless connection to the same network so im pointing my finger at the laptop now.
to eliminate my own home network i have brought my laptop into work today and used it on next doors wireless network (shhhh!) and it has dropped off a
couple of times already, buy my iphone has not lost the connection.
Given this i think i can firmly point the finger at the lappy.
From memory my laptop seems to more often than not loose its connection when its idle for a while, although it has dropped it when in use.
If i leave my lappy on over night it will definately NOT be connected in the morning, where as my iphone will.
When my lappy loses its connection i can not find a way of making it search for a wireless network, with my phone i just turn off the wireless and
turn it on again and it finds it,
but with my pally i just cant seem to find out how to force it to look for one, i have flipped the slidey switch on the front of it for the wireless
and turned it off and back on and it has prompted nothing.......
The only way for me to reconnect to a network is to restart the lappy and it searches and finds one.
I know pretty much diddly squat about computers and even less about the ins and outs of a wireless network!
Is there any basic things i should be checking before i look at replacing a component on my laptop?
If it makes any difference i am running windows7 and the lappy is a (crappy i know) E-system EL3101 with increaded 500gb HDD and 1GB ram.
On the sticker on the lappy it says . wireless LAN b/g what ever than means!!!!
Any help accepted as its driving me a bit potty now.
Col
ATB
Locoboy
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 28/1/11 at 12:39 PM |
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The Wireless LAN b/g referes to 802.11b/g which is just the standard which it supports. I was going to suggest turning on the SSID broadcast for the
wireless but if your laptop finds the network at boot-up it won't be that.
Not sure what you can change on the laptop to make it search without switching it off other than going in to the network options and disabling then
enabling the wireless adaptor. PITA I know but I can't think of anything else of the top of my head.
To do that you need to go into network properties via the networks icon on the desktop (right click) and then find the wireless adaptor in the listing
of network connections. Right click on the wireless adaptor and disable, then enable. That may work.
I can't think of anything else ut give that a go.
HTH
JB
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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HowardB
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| posted on 28/1/11 at 12:46 PM |
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the most likely cause is that the lappy has power management function that includes dropping the network,
see settings>control panel>power management>advanced or similar
HTH
Howard
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RAYLEE29
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| posted on 28/1/11 at 12:53 PM |
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hi, mines xp but i beleive it should be the same.
look at the bottom left corner of the screen you should see a little computer with little lines to the side
right click it and it will give you all the options you require.
hovering over it gives a little box telling you the network name and signal strength,speed and wether its conected or not.
hope this helps
Ray
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 28/1/11 at 03:04 PM |
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Ive had an issue with a netbook, that if the it dropped the connection (happened all the time) the only way i could get it back was to reboot the
router!
I did some googling and found someone who'd rolled back their wireless card driver to a much earlier version and it cured the problem for me.
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monkeyarms
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| posted on 28/1/11 at 04:58 PM |
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a quick and easy way to see if its hardware or sorftware(driver) problems is to download a
linux live CD like Ubuntu and run the live cd. The drives are all included in the CD so it just works.
I do this quite often and it is handy.
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locoboy
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| posted on 28/1/11 at 09:48 PM |
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Thanks for the replies folks,
@monkeyarms can you expand on what this cd is/does/how it can eliminate problems.
Im probably being a bit dim but pooters aint my thing!
ATB
Locoboy
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monkeyarms
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 08:36 AM |
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quote:
@monkeyarms can you expand on what this cd is/does/how it can eliminate problems.
Im probably being a bit dim but pooters aint my thing!
Ubuntu is alternative to Microsoft windows operating system for a computer.
It is free to download and use. It has most of the popular features built in, like email, web browser, Openoffice, picture viewer/editor, music &
video players.
It also has built in the most common and popular drivers for cameras, printers and wireless hardware.
A great feature of Ubuntu (and other versions of Linux) is you can run the Operating system from a CD rather than installing it to your hard drive. So
then you would be able to see if the wireless works under Ubuntu. If it does then it rules out the hardware being faulty, pointing to Windows being at
fault.
So download the .iso file from the link and burn to a CD
Put the CD in the tray of laptop, then power up laptop
Follow the 2 or 3 steps on screen and wait a few minutes
When it has loaded up, try to connect to the wireless network
Hope this helps a little.
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