Re: Dell laptop with wireless (sometimes)

If you right-click on the wireless network connection icon (before or after
it is connected) and select View Wireless Networks... on the right side of
the resulting dialogue box, you will see an entry under Related tasks called
"Change the order of preferred Networks". Click that. You should see all
the recent wireless networks you have connected to. Look in that list and
see if you see the hotel's WAP. If so, move it to the top of the list and
then refresh your connection and it SHOULD connect.

What's probably happening is that the pc is trying to connect to your last
wireless network, which of course, is now no where near your current
location.

HTH



-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve McKay
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:16 PM
To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCTECH] Dell laptop with wireless (sometimes)

I have a company-issued Dell Latitude D620 with Win XP and a Dell Wireless
1390 WLAN mini-card.

When I go to a hotel (or other facility with wireless access), I have to
boot the PC twice before it will recognize wireless networks. The is a
"Wi-Fi" light which is illuminated when wireless is active - it won't come
on for the initial boot process but immediately comes on (with no
intervention from me) on the second boot.

Any ideas on how to get wireless right off the "boot"?

Thanks,

Steve