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    Wifi problems with Y430!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jonguyen11, Oct 14, 2008.

  1. jonguyen11

    jonguyen11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just brought it home and everything runs smoothly except the wifi. It connects and everything and then it pops up websites slowly, but then when i looked my my pc it disconnected its internet. I have no clue why right when i connect onto the network from the laptop it disconnects my pc. And the connection goes on and off on the laptop. The ip addresses are completely different so i have no idea wats going on.

    Could it be a defective wifi card?
     
    jonguyen11, Oct 14, 2008
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Shut down the firewall see if it gets any better.
     
    ZaZ, Oct 15, 2008
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    jonguyen11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    there is no firewall on my laptop right now. It easily connects to my university wifi that requires me to login. But at home whenever i try to login it seems like it shutsdown the wifi of the whole house whenever i try to connect and when i turn off my wifi switch the wifi in the house is fine. I've never had a problem like this with any other laptop connecting on or any other wifi devices so this is really strange.
     
    jonguyen11, Oct 16, 2008
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    a4anish Newbie

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    Hey, I'm having the same problem with wireless on my Y430

    I have an older wireless router (802.11b) that sends out a b signal but the wireless card in the laptop supports A/G/N as far as I know. So when I use wireless, the router resets all the time. I have a USB wireless adapter that I'm going to use that I know works with this router.

    I don't know all the details about how or why, but that's what I've figured out so far. Good luck!
     
    a4anish, Oct 17, 2008
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