My toshiba m338 can not find lan connections.

May be a problem with the lan drivers please check it and reinstall the lan drivers

Hi, we have two ways to connect to broadband, via wired or wireless, at the device manager please do check if the LAN drivers are enabled, if enabled, via wired connection, simply put the RJ45 jack from LAN port of your router to LAN port of your notebook, if configuration is already set in your Router LAN, it will just automatically connect. If connecting via wireless press wifi button to activate wifi connection then windows will pop for your access credentials. simply put the password for your connection once the name of the site displayed.

You need to download the LAN driver from another computer and them install the LAN driver on your Toshiba. You may wish to download all the drivers and install them on your Toshiba.
Once you have Internet connection after installing the LAN driver you can download the other device drivers.
You can download any orall the Windows XP or Vista device drivers for your model laptop from theToshiba WEB site from their download page. Make sure you enter the model ofyour laptop so you can get the correct drivers. Please click on this link: - http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp http://blitware.com/adpages/driverfetch/manufacturer/?manufacturer=Toshiba&gclid=CMOVxNCBx6ACFSgnawodoHNGbA

You can connect to the Internet using a LAN cable from the computer's LAN PC card and connect it a DSL or cable modem. Contact a Internet Service Provider and select a plan that suits your requirements. The Internet Service Provider may also supply this broadband modem with the plan.

It sounds like the LAN card may be going bad. You can see if manually setting the IP address in the settings of the LAN card will work. If that works, then the card's routine for negotiating IP address assignment is corrupted. You maybe able to get some more useful life out of it by doing this until you can replace the LAN card itself. If you need more instructions on how to set the IP address manually, reply back and I'll try to step you through it.

If you referring to the message when you open up internet explorer. You need to go to the setting of your browser and go to connections. Select never dial a connection. If this message is from a program. Have it disabled first.

Try setting up a new Broadband internet connection. Input all the appropriate Login info and you ought to be good to go via the LAN port. Everything else is aimed towards Wireless.

Right click on the wireless LAN and then click Repair. Do this in the Control Panel - Network Connections. This will force the wireless LAN card to get a new TCP/IP address from your wireless router.
When you get this Limited connectivity message do a repair - this is a common problem - the wireless connection icon is also on your Task Bar, you can right click in it to do a repair.

Check this Tip for an overview

1. Connect your PC to your router using LAN Cable: be sure you can browse internet
2. If you cannot browse check router config with your ISP
   
3. Connect to your router using IP address you find for gateway in Network status
4. Configure your router wireless section to match with your PC card
5. Start removing security, broadcast radio signal, create a simple SSID as network name
6. Check if router network is seen by your PC card (when you disconnect the LAN cable and activate the wireless card)
7. If connection is established ( near the router) try different location
8. Reconnect cable and reconfig adding security protocol (WPA-PSK recommended) use parameters compatible with your lan card
   

there is a switch on the front of the laptop on (just under the mouse) on its "face", it just says on off