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    Cant connect to wireless networks on new NP8130/P151HM1

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by adrianbk, Jul 28, 2011.

  1. adrianbk

    adrianbk Notebook Geek

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    Just installed Windows 7 and all the drivers from the included disc, but its only letting me connect through ethernet when I try and get online, there isn't any option for wireless listed anywhere. How do I connect to a wireless network or at least get it to recognize that I have the ability to do so?

    Trying to reinstall the drivers now, we'll see how it goes, wish me luck :D

    EDIT: Got it working, guess I must have missed the driver, worked on the reinstall, now having more problems though, its crashing router for all wireless devices, saying it has an invalid IP address or something :/
     
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    chrisxnguyen Notebook Geek

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    Try hitting Fn+F11 to turn on the wireless AND/OR go to Control Panel\Network and Internet
     
    chrisxnguyen, Jul 28, 2011
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  3. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    Did you make sure you installed the wireless drivers? They're listed under optional on the driver disk. If it's not showing up at all under network connections, it sounds like drivers weren't installed :)
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Jul 28, 2011
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    Ryan NBR Moderator

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    Or maybe not turned on....?
     
    Ryan, Jul 28, 2011
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    adrianbk Notebook Geek

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    Alright, well now its showing up and I can connect to my wireless network, however its giving me errors, saying I need to restart my wireless router and that I have limited connectivity because of an invalid IP address. The network works fine with any of my other 3 or 4 wireless devices, and when I try to connect with my new Malibal notebook it makes the whole network crash, giving everyone else connection timeout errors for the next few minutes even after I've stopped trying to connect with the P151HM1. Any advice?
     
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    I can't think of any reason it could/would do that. Did you try rebooting your router as well? If you've got an invalid IP, that means it's not even connecting properly to the router.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Jul 28, 2011
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  7. jaydaman93

    jaydaman93 Newbie

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    hey i have the same laptop. I had the same problem. I should have gotten the intel card but i was too cheap. Anyway, you can fix it by installing the latest drivers from realtek. I assume you also got the standard realtek wlan card. It should be the 88ce version. If not, you can choose from the others here: Realtek
     
    jaydaman93, Aug 3, 2011
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    Patrck_744, Aug 3, 2011
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