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    W-Lan and M6000Ne

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by MontyBurns, Sep 7, 2004.

  1. MontyBurns

    MontyBurns Newbie

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    Hi folks,

    it's me again, that newbie M6000ne owner. Well, after my cpu-fan-issue, I found another thing that is confusing me: the w-lan-button does not seem to do anything. I have to admit I do not have a w-lan myself, but I detected one in my neighbourhood and took the liberty of trying to connect to it. Even though it seems to be password-protected, I can establish a link and look for other computers (not finding any though), thus making the computer send away data packages (at least according to the w-lan-status-monitor). Still, the w-lan led does not blink - according to the manual, it is supposed to blink when there is any network activity - and the w-lan-button stays useless. Am I doing something wrong here?

    Thanks for your help, Monty
     
    MontyBurns, Sep 7, 2004
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  2. highlandsun

    highlandsun Notebook Evangelist

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    Where did you read that? The W-LAN LED merely lights up when your wireless card is powered up. It doesn't blink according to traffic.

    old: Sony PCG-GR300P 1.13GHz PIII-M, 512MB
    new: Asus M6Ne 2.00GHz P-M, 2GB
     
    highlandsun, Sep 7, 2004
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  3. MontyBurns

    MontyBurns Newbie

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    It said so in the manual. Anyway, after wiping the hard disk and installing Windows from scratch, I managed to get the WiFi running. Even though I do not care whether a notebook comes with pre-installed software as I always go for a clean start, I still wish Asus would make sure all the features actually work when they hand over a notebook with pre-installed software (imagine this: the pre-installed Nero-software for burning DVDs did not recognize the internal drive - pathetic!)

    Monty
     
    MontyBurns, Sep 12, 2004
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