Let's Fix Roorsoldja's Computer

[kaiser71 30]

You said you were having problems accessing the internet. Try start button -> control panel -> network. What does it say about your network?

[tomcat76 327]

The built-in wireless NICs in some laptops (esp. pre-Win7) can be very temperamental/intermittent. Everything'll be fine for weeks & weeks, and then suddenly they just seem to go on strike. Sometimes disabling & re-enabling it fm Device Manager clears the issue; other times you just have to cold boot the laptop (and give it plenty of time to finish the entire boot sequence). So yeah - when things aren't happening, first check and see if there's even a connection (leave the 'show-connection' icon status turned on in your system tray; right-clicking on that will usually tell the tale, and sometimes the 'repair' option even works!). The problem MAY be with the router or WAP you're connecting to, in which case you might just have to find something else to do while it clears itself.

[LBJ 533]

Rooj is beyond help, trust me!

 

I was having the same problem at the Metro apts 2 weeks ago. The first two days my laptop would not access the internet even though I was connected to the network. Then all of the sudden it started working without any changes being made.

[jacko 8,823]

Rooj is beyond help, trust me!

 

I was having the same problem at the Metro apts 2 weeks ago. The first two days my laptop would not access the internet even though I was connected to the network. Then all of the sudden it started working without any changes being made.

That happens at home too with my own ADSL line!

[roorsoldja 325]

Thanks guys but my internet has been working, the hotel has two networks one by the pool and on for the hotel, i can only get it to wirk by connecting to the pool's network funny thing it doesnt ask for a password like the other network. weird but i also had to major updates by windows. Thanks for the help

[roorsoldja 325]

Rooj is beyond help, trust me!

 

I was having the same problem at the Metro apts 2 weeks ago. The first two days my laptop would not access the internet even though I was connected to the network. Then all of the sudden it started working without any changes being made.

u got that right i think i have a disease i come to a city filled with women who want to go with me and the only one i want to go with is the one that doesn't want to go with me. lol

[Fondles 94]

ToT has been having issues the past 4 days.

[jacko 8,823]

Thanks guys but my internet has been working, the hotel has two networks one by the pool and on for the hotel, i can only get it to wirk by connecting to the pool's network funny thing it doesnt ask for a password like the other network. weird but i also had to major updates by windows. Thanks for the help

Sounds like a matter of 'secure' and unsecured networks. Also quite often you can 'see' a Wireless network with reasonable strength, but when you try to connect to it it 'weakens'. Your room a way from the transmitter? Often they are in the corridors at corners.

[roorsoldja 325]

Sounds like a matter of 'secure' and unsecured networks. Also quite often you can 'see' a Wireless network with reasonable strength, but when you try to connect to it it 'weakens'. Your room a way from the transmitter? Often they are in the corridors at corners.

 

nope right beside it.

 

this is taken from my doorway into the hall

[jacko 8,823]

Should be close enough presuming it is turned on and operational and has addresses available..

 

I don't know how it will look from your computer (I have Vista). But if you right click over your Network Icon in the Notification Area (right side of Task Bar, bottom of screen). You can select 'Connect To A Network'....(It will show you a list of available networks, whether they are secured or unsecured, and even whether you are connected currently or not.) You might be able to figure out from that what is going on. (Your Wireless turned on of course)

 

The Network Icon looks like a screen with a cross, or 2 screens with a little globe if connected with Internet.

In Vista you can also get there from 'Start' 'Connect To'

Edited April 30, 2012 by jacko

[ktappinen 52]

http://www.metageek....ducts/inssider/ is a handy free tool for seeing which Wi-Fi networks are available and what are the signal strengths and used channels. I have used it to find which channels have the least competition in my block of flats, so that I could reconfigure my Wi-Fi box to use those. It works on Windows XP, Vista and 7, so you do not need to worry about the fiddly UI differences between these operating systems.