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    T-Series: trouble connecting to hotel networks

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by faieust, May 24, 2009.

  1. faieust

    faieust Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know why I would have so much trouble connecting my new T400 to the hotel networks. I spend 3 nights a week on average in hotels, and cannot connect to most of the networks while the rest of my crew has no issues with their other laptops.

    I'm running Vista with a Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 with PAN if that makes a difference.


    Usually I am able to connect but will have no access to the internet, and it just ends up kicking off after a minute or two anyway, after spending a few seconds with a 5.5mbps signal (though it shows full bars).

    Thanks.
     
    faieust, May 24, 2009
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  2. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    You might want to try disabling all power saving features of the NIC. Some access points have trouble with this.
     
    BinkNR, May 24, 2009
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