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| 448231 | 2006-04-21 10:46:00 | My wife has received a new Compaq Laptop( NX 6120) thru the school she teaches at. Thanks to the help of the local DSE manager I have stumbled my way thru setting up wireless broadband on my desktop pc and my (ageing) laptop. My problem is, the brand new shiney one can't (or wont) detect anything, and I can't get internet accesss on it. Sitting 1.5 metres away from the wireless router and still nothing, zip, nada! :waughh: Can anyone offer any (helpful) suggestions. |
bones (10257) | ||
| 448232 | 2006-04-21 11:20:00 | The wireless card is enabled? There should be a button on the left above the keyboard to enable or disable the wireless card in the laptop. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 448233 | 2006-04-21 22:53:00 | Yes there is but when pressed I just get a message "No Wireless network available" even tho my laptop is connected right next to it. :annoyed: | bones (10257) | ||
| 448234 | 2006-04-21 23:16:00 | Sorry - Pressing button gets no response at all. Message comes up when I right click on network icon in taskbar and "View available networks" | bones (10257) | ||
| 448235 | 2006-04-21 23:33:00 | When you press the button you should see a blue LED turn on or off (may be along the front edge of the notebook) and at the same time this turns the wireless on or off. How do you connect to the wireless broadband? Is it woosh? Or do you have a wireless ADSL router? Are you in New Zealand? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 448236 | 2006-04-22 01:17:00 | LED on button and front edge of laptop. No response when pressed.Have a wireless router. Yes am in NZ. My old laptop connects no sweat thru USB Wireless LAN card and my daughters laptop has built in wireless. We have no trouble connecting but the new one seems to be brain dead in the wireless dept.Shows up as present and correct in device manager tho. Thanks for your help so far btw. | bones (10257) | ||
| 448237 | 2006-04-22 03:56:00 | Hi, I have the HP nx8220. You say the blue Wireless light doesn't light up? Check both "HP Wireless Assistant" (either taskbar or Control Panel), and confirm that both a) Wireless is enabled in the BIOS, and b) Wireless is switched on. If it is disabled via BIOS, press F10 on startup, just after you press the power button, go to the last menu on the right and enable Wireless. Also, make sure you are not connected via ethernet cable/lan, as this automatically disables Wireless. Hope this helps :) |
Marmion (9274) | ||
| 448238 | 2006-04-22 04:20:00 | Thanks, tried that but all seems to be OK. Wireless is enabled in BIOS and seems to be turned on. Just says no network available. | bones (10257) | ||
| 448239 | 2006-04-22 09:00:00 | I find laptops with on board wireless a bit of a pain as they don't have any activity or link lights (or do they). Have you checked device manager to see that it is included there. Of course the wireless card could be faulty. | dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 448240 | 2006-04-22 09:21:00 | Everything looks fine, just doesn't do anything. (Why does Paris Hilton pop into my head as I type that?) Plugged in a wireless PCMCIA card and got connected in about 2 mins. Just annoying that I have to do that when its supposed to have onboard wifi. | bones (10257) | ||
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