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    WiFi Headscratcher

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Dharper, Dec 26, 2005.

  1. Dharper

    Dharper Newbie

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    I just got a new Toshiba M60-CD6 laptop, and the WiFi doesn't seem to work. It can connect to my wireless router, and load google's homepage no problem, but it will only load a small band of any other page after that. Then it just seems to be dead. If I disconnect and try again, it does the same thing. I have excellent connection 54 (Mb, MB/sec??), when it starts, and then it goes down to 1, yet the signal is still excellent. I have a USB wireless G adapter that works fine on other computers, but acts up on this laptop as well. The wired network on the laptop works fine.

    Can anyone help me? :(
     
    Dharper, Dec 26, 2005
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    I wonder if the browser is corrupt, try installing something like FireFox to see if the problem is consistent there.
     
    Brian, Dec 26, 2005
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  3. Dharper

    Dharper Newbie

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    No, I tried both IE and Firefox, with the same results. I reloaded the driver from Toshiba, and same thing. Then I tried getting the driver from Intel for the specific WiFi, and it works great now. Why the driver from Toshiba doesn't work, I have no idea.

    I just thought about my USB WiFi adapter, and why didn't it work? Oh well. I don't really care now.

    Anyways, thanks for your input. :D
     
    Dharper, Dec 27, 2005
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  4. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    NP, glad you're okay.
     
    Brian, Dec 27, 2005
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