My dell latitude c400 will not hook to a wireless connection it says make sure you wireless switch is on, says no wireless connections in range and im sitting right to my router, what am i doing wrong?

once in awhile I have problems with conecting to the router all i did was unplug the router and wait 30 seconds and then plug it back in and then the latop hooked right back up. even the phones does this too. so one a day unplug the router and reset it for soemtimes the ips ip address changes and the computers\phones will not update until the router is restarted

This video will show you how to connect to a wireless network using Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above installed.

http://youtu.be/AwzYwz7aGho

As regards to the wireless security please make sure you use your own security settings.

Download from here

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=LAT_PNT_P3_C400&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

Once connected to the ethernet cable you might have to press the tiny reset button on the back of either your gateway,router,modem of whichever service you have(Cable,DSL)

Check your wireless network connections. I believe most Dell's use a special utility. Look for anything wireless related on the bottom right hand of your lcd. Can you at least see the wireless networks? If not you might want to double-check to see if you accidently switched the wireless power switch off. It's usually located somewhere around the sides or the front of the laptop.

remove & reinstall your wireless driver then try to connect or chak the wireless switch on from the laptop

Connecting XP
Click your Start Button
Select and click Control Panel
Select Network Connections
Select Wireless Network Connections
Right click
Select View Available Wireless Networks
5. Highlight the network you want to connect to
Click Advanced
6. Select the wireless network tab
7. Highlight the network in the available networks window
9. Click configure
9. IN the Properties Window
Double check the SSID (network name)
Enter the WEP KEY provided to you by the office
Click OK

use the lan connection to get online, then once prob clears you should be all set, otherwise back up your data and a fresh install always does the trick

How can I help you , How do you connect to the Internet .

do you mean to turn the wireless on?
I am not familur with the 400 but I think the wireless is on/off by the operating system. at the very least it will be on the key pad.
there are function keys FN that need to be pressed at the same time as the wireless symble on the keyboard. that could possibley turn on/off wireless. then the rest is in the software. it needs to be set up.
get back to me:)