Re: Dell laptop with wireless (sometimes)

This is a *duh* answer. There is no need to know why I know this. :)

On my laptop there is a pushbutton on one side which enables/disables the
wireless hardware. If that is not on you will not connect, even if you
try for a month or more. There is a wireless light on the display, beside
the battery light. If its off, the switch is off.

Of course this is not your problem but I have heard that it has confused
some folks.



Steve McKay wrote:

There is no wireless network connection icon. If I go to 'My Network
Places', there is no wireless connection listed - only my wired
connection from the office. It's like wireless does not become active
until you reboot. As I said, there is a light on the laptop that is
illuminated when wireless is activated - it doesn't even come on until
the 2nd reboot and then it comes on with no intervention from me.

Thanks,

Steve

"Shannon ODonnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mailman.120.1186513908.8099.pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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-----
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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


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