Wireless hookup problem

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

"RS" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
>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" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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.

Steve B.

riggor wrote:
> "RS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> riggor wrote:
>> "RS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> riggor wrote:
>>> "RS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> 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.
>>>>


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Apparently, she was not able to hookup to wireless at school either.
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>>>>
>>>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> riggor wrote:
>> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> riggor wrote:
>>>> "RS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in <(E-Mail Removed)>:

>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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