fastball44
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I bought an Averatec 6200 laptop from Comp USA yesterday. I got a Belkin wireless router free with the purchase. I installed the router as instructed and it appears to be functioning. I had my son bring his HP laptop over and it took a minute, but his HP laptop recognized the router signal and accessed the internet. The new laptop did not recognize it for about an hour. Then it did. I turned off the computer after my bed ridden wife used it and when I turned it back on, I could not access the signal from the router. I opened the networks page and "disabled" the wireless network and re-enabled it several times. Nothin'! Still nothing this morning when I got up. My wife really needs this thing for her recovery. Here are my questions.
1) What are the chanced my Belkin 802.11g router is not sending a strong enough signal? Although I tried with the laptop right next to the router.
2) What are the chances the laptop has a weak receiver? The wireless feature is in the SIS motherboard. So I am told. I do not use a plug in card for wireless. It's built in.
3) I have configured the the laptop to enable the wireless device (802.11g). The router is also 802.11g. Is there some sort of series of steps I need to take to make sure my laptop "sees" the signal? I have everything set on "automatic", so I believe. I used a flah device as instructed to configure my wireless network. So the laptop is properly identified by "the network" at my desktop.
Any help or step by step tutorial would be helpful. I've tried for about 6 hours to make this work with only the short success sighted above.
Thanks for your help. I can be kind of a rookie at this.
1) What are the chanced my Belkin 802.11g router is not sending a strong enough signal? Although I tried with the laptop right next to the router.
2) What are the chances the laptop has a weak receiver? The wireless feature is in the SIS motherboard. So I am told. I do not use a plug in card for wireless. It's built in.
3) I have configured the the laptop to enable the wireless device (802.11g). The router is also 802.11g. Is there some sort of series of steps I need to take to make sure my laptop "sees" the signal? I have everything set on "automatic", so I believe. I used a flah device as instructed to configure my wireless network. So the laptop is properly identified by "the network" at my desktop.
Any help or step by step tutorial would be helpful. I've tried for about 6 hours to make this work with only the short success sighted above.
Thanks for your help. I can be kind of a rookie at this.