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    trouble with wireless

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by stray_647, Oct 13, 2011.

  1. stray_647

    stray_647 Notebook Geek

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    I have an alienware m17r3. It's not even a month old and is configured with killer wireless and Win 7. I was at the public library and was trying to connect to their public wireless connection. I have never had any issue connecting with my older laptop. This is the first time I tried connecting with my alienware. The signal strength was excellent. When I connected, all I was getting was limited connection or internet not connected. I know the wireless in the library was working because there were others on their laptops. I tried my firewall settings and played around with other but no luck. I am completely baffled as to what is going on. It has to be something to do with a setting somewhere. Any advice?
     
    stray_647, Oct 13, 2011
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    Is the Killer N card set to be only wireless N by default? Do you have to set it to other speeds like wireless G manually? The only reason why i say this is that the library might not have wireless N
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 14, 2011
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