Wireless Connection with a Laptop

Laptops have an internal wireless antenna that receives the signal from the wireless router/access point. The performance of these wireless cards varies widely from manufacturer to manufacturer and sometimes even from model to model in the same brand. Issues effecting reception are distance between laptop to router, obstructions (many commercial buildings use metal studs which can significantly reduce signal strength), electrical interferance and other things.
While there's not really any way to boost the reception of the wireless card in your laptop, you CAN purchase what are called 'hi-gain' wireless cards from various manufacturers such as Netgear, Linksys, and many others. These so called hi gain antennas can pick up a signal from as far away as 1/4 mile in some cases. If you can't figure out what's causing the problem with your laptops' wireless card, purchasing one of these cards might be a good solution for you.
Best of luck! Hope this helps!

Hello rennlugent, there can be "severals things" that may have cause the Computer to lose the "connection."

• There may have been a 'change' in the Computer [Configuration Settings], without your 'knowledge'?
• You may have 'Lost' the {Network File Sharing}, which 'Links' all the Computers to (1) one "Network?"
• The Computer is at a "Different Local?"
• It may be a "temporary glitch," do to weather change?
• The "Signal" may be or was 'weak at the time?"

!Warning:
Installing "New" Programs, or 'any' kind of Software; can 'change "Systems Configurations"

I 'suggest' you check in (2) two areas:
The first is;

• Click on the "Wireless Network Connection."
• You may have {Two} on the "Taskbar"
• See: if you are in "Network Discovery / Sharing [Mode].
• Go to the "Network" shortcut, from the "Start Menu."
• Check to make 'sure' you are "Sharing the Network Files."
• The one from this {picture on the right}, is the "Connection [Status] Icon."
• The {smaller, on the left, is the "Network Troubleshooting Icon"
• Check (both); one for your Connection Status?
• Click, on the other for "Fixing the Network Connection."

!Important: Check to make 'sure' the Connection isn't {Disabled}?

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Thanks, paul7of9

When you purchase only a wireless mouse it will normally come with a USB connection dongle/adapter which allow your mouse to connect to your Laptop.

Hi,

Try resetting the network adapter.

On the bottom right hand side of the desktop you will see the wireless icon, right click on that ans click on troubleshoot problems. This will reset the adapter and assign an IP address for your your PC.

When its done try to connect to the internet.

If this advice does not help please post back.




Good luck.

try it on another wireless connection and see how it works. Belkin routers are usually not the best, that's why they are so cheap

If the prob persist on another wireless network than contact ASUS technical support

I've experienced the same problem with my ASUS netbook. Uninstall the wireless hard - remove hardware in control panel, reboot the machine and allow it to auto find the adapter again. This should correct it. If there are still problems verify that you have the most current driver for the wireless adapter, either from Asus, or the wireless adapter chipset manufacturer (i.e. Intel, broadcomm, etc.)

HI

You must have guest wep key number then you can use it

Harry

this could be any number of things, but a good thing to try is downloading winsock from microsoft's web site and running it on your laptop. It is an internet setting reset utility that should put all your settings back to default.

hopefully that works for you

rightclick my computer icon>properties>hardware tab>device manager>network adapter(click the plus sign)>rightclick on the wireless adapter>properties>then power management tab.

looks alot like this:
http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/images/Notebook/Asus/wifi-powermanagement.jpg

hope this helps.

This is a pretty old laptop about 10 yrs. It does not come with wireless support. It probably has Windows 98 installed on it.
You might be able to set up wireless via the USB port.

Here are the specs