Re: Dell laptop with wireless (sometimes)

Most Dell's use the Fn-F2 key combo to en/dis-able the wireless. Once
you hit it wait a few seconds for the hardware to come online.


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-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 9:41 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] 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-----
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


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