I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers with no
problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop will not hookup.
There is a limited connectivity message. When I hook it up hardwire,
everything is fine.
Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
"RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers with no
> problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop will not hookup.
> There is a limited connectivity message. When I hook it up hardwire,
> everything is fine.
>
> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> RS
>
>
>
sounds like a poor wifi card. I assume its a preinstalled card under one of
the lower covers.
either replace it for a quality card or if you have a PC card slot buy one
to fit that.
"RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers with no
> problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop will not hookup.
> There is a limited connectivity message. When I hook it up hardwire,
> everything is fine.
>
> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> RS
do you have mac filtering turned on in your router?
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:17:09 -0600, "RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers with no
>problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop will not hookup.
>There is a limited connectivity message. When I hook it up hardwire,
>everything is fine.
>
>Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>RS
>
>
Check the tcp/ip settings for the adapter and make sure their isn't a
preset address in anything there. Temporarily disable any addon
antivirus /firewall applications and see if it works. Also look for
current drivers for the card on the manufacturers website and install
them.
riggor wrote:
> "RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:o5ydnadmb6NcDRTanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@hbci.com...
>> I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers
>> with no problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop
>> will not hookup. There is a limited connectivity message. When I
>> hook it up hardwire, everything is fine.
>>
>> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> RS
>
>
> do you have mac filtering turned on in your router?
Since it doesn't work at school, nor at home, doubtful that it's a
security/mac thing, sounds more like it is disabled (or just turned
off)..... have you tried turning it on?
"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> riggor wrote:
>> "RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:o5ydnadmb6NcDRTanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@hbci.com...
>>> I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers
>>> with no problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop
>>> will not hookup. There is a limited connectivity message. When I
>>> hook it up hardwire, everything is fine.
>>>
>>> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> RS
>>
>>
>> do you have mac filtering turned on in your router?
>
> Since it doesn't work at school, nor at home, doubtful that it's a
> security/mac thing, sounds more like it is disabled (or just turned
> off)..... have you tried turning it on?
Reading the original post - it seems that her laptop will not work at home.
I don't see that it says it does not work at school, or not working anywhere
else or at all.
riggor wrote:
> "Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:5uurt6F1k3rb9U1@mid.individual.net...
>> riggor wrote:
>>> "RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:o5ydnadmb6NcDRTanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@hbci.com...
>>>> I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers
>>>> with no problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop
>>>> will not hookup. There is a limited connectivity message. When I
>>>> hook it up hardwire, everything is fine.
>>>>
************************************************** *******************
Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
************************************************** *******************
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> RS
>>>
>>> do you have mac filtering turned on in your router?
>> Since it doesn't work at school, nor at home, doubtful that it's a
>> security/mac thing, sounds more like it is disabled (or just turned
>> off)..... have you tried turning it on?
>
> Reading the original post - it seems that her laptop will not work at home.
> I don't see that it says it does not work at school, or not working anywhere
> else or at all.
It was the last sentence of the original post! Really couldn't be more
clear about it not working.
>
> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>
I agree with Peter Pan, if it doesn't work in an open hot spot it
probably isn't turned on. Look for a switch on the lap top to turn it on
and off, it usually has a green light that is associated with it.
"David" <youcantoo@findmoore.net> wrote in message
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> riggor wrote:
>> "Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>> news:5uurt6F1k3rb9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> riggor wrote:
>>>> "RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:o5ydnadmb6NcDRTanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@hbci.com...
>>>>> I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers
>>>>> with no problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop
>>>>> will not hookup. There is a limited connectivity message. When I
>>>>> hook it up hardwire, everything is fine.
>>>>>
>
>
> ************************************************** *******************
> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
> ************************************************** *******************
mea culpa - complete brain fart - I missed that completely !!
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:17:09 -0600, "RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote
in <o5ydnadmb6NcDRTanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@hbci.com>:
>I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers with no
>problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop will not hookup.
>There is a limited connectivity message. When I hook it up hardwire,
>everything is fine.
>
>Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>
>Any ideas?
Limited connectivity means it was able to connect, but not get a DHCP
address. The usual cause is weak signal or radio interference. Put her
computer 6 feet from the wireless router and see if that makes any
difference. See how many bars of signal you are getting.
--
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riggor wrote:
> "Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:5uurt6F1k3rb9U1@mid.individual.net...
>> riggor wrote:
>>> "RS" <rsamples_lchs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:o5ydnadmb6NcDRTanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@hbci.com...
>>>> I have a wireless network in my home. It works for three computers
>>>> with no problem. My daughter is home from college and her laptop
>>>> will not hookup. There is a limited connectivity message. When I
>>>> hook it up hardwire, everything is fine.
>>>>
>>>> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school
>>>> either. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> RS
>>>
>>>
>>> do you have mac filtering turned on in your router?
>>
>> Since it doesn't work at school, nor at home, doubtful that it's a
>> security/mac thing, sounds more like it is disabled (or just turned
>> off)..... have you tried turning it on?
>
> Reading the original post - it seems that her laptop will not work at
> home. I don't see that it says it does not work at school, or not
> working anywhere else or at all.
Read the next sentence... it says "Apparently, she was not able to hookup to
wireless at school
>>>> either. "
notice the words "not able to hookup to wireless at school"... :)
curly Bill wrote:
>> Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
>>
>
>
> I agree with Peter Pan, if it doesn't work in an open hot spot it
> probably isn't turned on. Look for a switch on the lap top to turn it
> on and off, it usually has a green light that is associated with it.
On one of my laptops, no switch, no light, was some funny key combo like a
function-f2, i found in the manual... What the heck, may not be it, but it's
a free and quick check...
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