connection to wifi
Turn on your computer and locate the
Wi-Fi icon.
This could be located on the upper
row on a laptop it will have the radiation look (((
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Make sure its pressed on.
Usually a wifi enabled phone, computer, or whatever
device, will recognize if there is wifi access near you.
If not you may need to turn on the wifi on those
devices.
Usually those setting can be found in menus like
Network Settings.
Once it recognizes the network you will need the
password if it is required.
Just enter that in and you are set.
Where you enter the password is usually in the same
menu in which you turned on your wifi enabled device.
if still no connection
Power on the laptop computer and
wait for the operating system to boot.
Right-click the wireless Internet
icon in the lower right corner of the desktop.
This brings up a new pull-down menu.
Select "View Available Wireless
Networks."
This brings up a selection of
different possible Internet connections that are in range of the computer.
Select the wireless Internet
connection you want to use.
If a password is required, you need
to type it in now.
Wait for the laptop to connect to
the Internet.
In a moment the computer is going to
state it has successfully connected to the Internet.
Click Start, Run type in cmd and click Ok to bring up
a command prompt.
Type ipconfig /all and press enter and see if it
gives you an IP address similar to 192.168.1.100.
Check your wireless connection properties under My
Network Places.
Right click the wireless connection icon and choose
properties.
From there make sure Internet Protocol {TCP/IP} is
listed, highlight it and click properties. Make sure Obtain an IP address
automatically is checked and Obtain DNS server address automatically is checked.
Make sure you Ethernet is enabled in bios
restart your computer during the boot up process you will see on your
screen a certain key to
press to enter set up (BIOS) press and hold that key
to enter bios using arrow keys scroll to intergrated peripherals
look for SiS On Chip Pci Device press enter scroll to
SiS 10/100m press enter make sure its
enabled
if still no joy
Let's first try to start the wireless service i.e.
WLAN AutoConfig service manually.
To do this, login to the computer as an administrator.
1. Click Start, type services.msc and hit enter.
2. Locate WLAN AutoConfig service, double click on it
to open its properties window.
3. Under General tab, change the Startup type to
Automatic and click Start button.
4. Click Apply and then ok.
For
more information about the wireless settings, check this link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878035.aspx
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