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    Wireless LAN problems

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by londez, Dec 16, 2006.

  1. londez

    londez Notebook Evangelist

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    've been haveing alot of problems with the wireless LAN card in my Asus z81sp since I first got about 5 or 6 months ago. When trying to connect to my dad's wireless LAN, it may connect for an hour, loose the connection, or not connect at all. I have no problem at all to my university's un-secured connection in the library, and yet it won't connect to any of the school's unsecured connections in the other buildings.

    Recently, the problems have gotten alot worse. Sometimes the blue Wi-Fi light under the keyboard doesn't turn on, but it will still say that it's picking up a connection at the bottom of the screen. The wireless LAN console says that it's turned on, but when I go try to get into the asus Wlan control center it says that I have to connect the wireless card. Pressing the Wi-Fi lan button over the keyboard doesn't work at all. I've had this problem before and it went away, but now it's back again. It seems to happen every time I'm within range of an un-secured wireless network other than the library's or whenever I'm within range of my dad's encrypted network (which I should have access to).

    Does this sound like a driver issue or is my computer and/or wireless card dieing on me?
     
    londez, Dec 16, 2006
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  2. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    What wireless card are using? it could be that you're wireless card is no good. However, it is probably that your wireless Transmittion Protocol settings are set to your library settings. Go to start, control panel, Network and Internet Connections, and then Network Connections.

    Right click your wireless card icon, and go to properties. In the central box in the general tab, click TCP/IP Internet Protocol and click on Properties underneath the box.

    In the new window that pops up, make sure that both boxes have "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain a DNS Server automatically" checked. Restart your laptop and try again.

    Another you could try at home is punch in your router IP address into your browser...usually something like 192.168.x.xxx

    Make sure that MAC address filtering is disabled (youll need to navigate the site using the panel on the top or on the side of the page and find the right page in the router management console.
     
    Lil Mayz, Dec 16, 2006
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