Finding key wireless switch on laptop its says to make sure its turned on to connect.cannot find my acer laptop manual thankyou for your time

From what I can find on your notebook it looks as though there may be a physical switch for your wireless as well. Be sure that this switch/button is turned on prior to using the Function F3 keys to turn on your wireless.

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this could be because you have accidentally turned off your wireless...

there will either be a switch on the outside edge of the laptop case which you can use to switch it back on

OR

if you look at your keyboard, there maybe a "wireless" type icon on one of the "F" keys... if there is and its a certain coloor press it at the same time as the "fn" key on the keyboard...

some laptops have a physical button and some laptops have a button the keyboard that switches the wireless off

good luck and please rate this answer if it has helped

trev

Some laptops have switches that you have to turn on manually in order ffor it to work look for a switch usually on bottom of the laptop under or near touchpad

The combination key should be fn and f10 although our new laptop can not find any networks wirelessly even with this turned on so help on this would be appreciated

Hey

for this you gotta now the following:

1. ssid : this is the name of your access point (router)
2. key/passphrase: this is the network security key you configure your router with (if your router has a default configuration (the one that came with the device right out of the box which is not recommended) your key may be a blank key ... you simply don't have one set up.
3. the encryptation method: wep, wpa, wpa2. this goes again to how you have your router configured and if your don't have anything configured with your router in regards to encriptions (not recommeded) you may simply not have any encryptation that you need to select here.

important:
make sure your wireless adapter is working and is on:
your laptop may have a switch on the front to turn your wireless adapter on (i don't know what model of laptop you have so you may want to check the user manual that came with laptop to find the switch) or you may have to turn it within windows. (also check the user manual of your laptop)

now that you have the info needed and your adapter is on there are 2 ways to do this:

1. using your beloved acer empowering technology:
I found this that may guide you through the process of setting up your wireless connection
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/empowering_technology/acer_enet_management.pdf

look under the title: SETUP A NEW PROFILE and follow the instructions..

now if acer empowering does not work... you can try to setup your wireless connection with windows,

2. Using windows vista to setup your wireless connections:
I'm assuming you're using vista so here's a set of instructions with pictures you may want to take a loot at and follow

http://www.home-network-help.com/vista-to-connect-wireless-network.html

let me know how it went!
if problems.. post what you see and we'll try to give you hand. (please give as many details as possible)

At the top of your key board right below the power button, there is a row of hotkeys the far left one is the wireless button.

Some laptops have a switch in front next to the wireless light or on the side.

Some laptops use an F key (my toshiba is F8) so to turn on the wireless I would have to turn the switch on in front and then "toggle" the Wireless on by pressing the FN and the F8 keys.

it surely is a keys combination. just find the little icon that represents wireless over the f1, f2, f3.... keys... arround those keys and by pressing and holding Fn key and at the same time that wireless key you will enable/disable the adapter...

The switch is located on the front of the notebook, an oblong plastic clear button which flashes orange when working, normally next to a bluetooth button, although this may not be installed.