How to turn on wireless capability - Dell Inspiron 1420 Laptop

It would be helpful if we knew the Make, Model of laptop and the OS you are using. I suggest you try Updating or Rolling back the Wireless adapter for starters.

here is usermanual and drivers for your laptop -
http://support.gateway.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=3518

Wireless capability will turn on after Press Function Key (fn - Red) + F2. if wireless adapter is turn off you can turn it on at Network and searing center on control panel > Change adapter setting > Double click on disabled wireless adapter.

Hope it Works. Enjoy.

Make sure the wireless switch on it is ON. Then press and hold "Fn" key and press "F5" (this enables/disables wireless capability of a computer) and try to detect wireless networks.

*Wireless capability will automatically be on as lon as you have a wireless adapater or a wireless card or a built in Wireless in your motherboard that is properly installed to your computer

*you can check if the wireless card is properly install go to start - control panel network and sharing center and @ the left part of the window try to check if you will find Manage Wireless Network if not then the driver is not installed

*the driver of the wireless adater usually can be downloaded on the manufacturers website :)

Generally if you can see a wireless icon in your network settings, this would indicate you have wireless capability. If you think you should have wireless capability but do not see it, there is a fair chance that its turned off by either a switch on your laptop or in BIOS.

There is a button on the front casing on the right side of the lower panel with a radar like symbol. Press this and WiFi is enabled.

Update the drivers for the wireless card on the computer.

If your model does not have wireless capability, even if you had a switch on the machine, if there is no internal wireless card you can't make this wireless. My suggestion would be to purchase a PCMCIA or USB wireless card that you can load to your system to make this wireless capable.

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