wireless switch

I've been using wireless internet pretty much since I bought my laptop a year
ago. All of a sudden yesterday my wireless isn't working. When I go to the
list of available networks it says to make sure my wireless switch on the
computer is on. How do I know how to turn it on? And how did it turn off
without my doing so?

I have a Dell Inspiron 600m if that helps.
--
Thank you,
Angie

right click on wireless icon in tray. Under windows firewall settings->
advanced, uncheck the wireless network connection.

"Diamontina Cocktail" wrote:

>
> "Angie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:491AB59D-9768-451D-ABCD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've been using wireless internet pretty much since I bought my laptop a
> > year
> > ago. All of a sudden yesterday my wireless isn't working. When I go to the
> > list of available networks it says to make sure my wireless switch on the
> > computer is on. How do I know how to turn it on? And how did it turn off
> > without my doing so?
> >
> > I have a Dell Inspiron 600m if that helps.
> > --
> > Thank you,
> > Angie
>
> While watching the tray where the time resides, hold down the blue FUNCTION
> key and tap (only a tap like a drum of a finger on the desk) the F2 key at
> the top of the keyboard. The computer, if working properly, will either
> signal to you, down near the time, that the wi-fi signal is ON or OFF.
> Holding the Function down and tapping the F2 key is a toggle. Hit it once
> and it is on, hit it again and it is off. So, be sure to be looking near the
> time. If it comes on, problem solved.
>
> Another thing you can check - hold down the Windows key and tap the
> Pause/break key. System Properties will come up. Now go to Hardware tab and
> click on the Device Manager button. When that window comes up, look at the
> "Network Adapters" section. If there is a yellow exclamation mark, a yellow
> question mark or a red "X" in there next to the wi-fi NIC (Network Interface
> Card), then you have a problem. A simple solution to POSSIBLY fix this
> problem is to run the Restore function by going to Start button, All
> Programs, Accessories then System Tools and clicking on System Restore. Now
> choose to restore the computer to an earlier date. When the calendar comes
> up, choose a date before all this started and OK it. The computer will now
> reboot and take a much longer time to come back. When it comes back, it
> should be OK. If it isn't, you have a hardware problem and need to take it
> to a Dell authorised place to fix.
>
>
>
>

Hi,

Is there a similar thing to do on a desktop computer which suddenly
can't see a wireless network and advices to "make sure the wireless
switch on the computer is on"???? The desktop keyboard doesn't
have a blue FUNCTION key as described for the laptop.
--
Doug Botkin


"Diamontina Cocktail" wrote:

>
> "Angie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:491AB59D-9768-451D-ABCD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've been using wireless internet pretty much since I bought my laptop a
> > year
> > ago. All of a sudden yesterday my wireless isn't working. When I go to the
> > list of available networks it says to make sure my wireless switch on the
> > computer is on. How do I know how to turn it on? And how did it turn off
> > without my doing so?
> >
> > I have a Dell Inspiron 600m if that helps.
> > --
> > Thank you,
> > Angie
>
> While watching the tray where the time resides, hold down the blue FUNCTION
> key and tap (only a tap like a drum of a finger on the desk) the F2 key at
> the top of the keyboard. The computer, if working properly, will either
> signal to you, down near the time, that the wi-fi signal is ON or OFF.
> Holding the Function down and tapping the F2 key is a toggle. Hit it once
> and it is on, hit it again and it is off. So, be sure to be looking near the
> time. If it comes on, problem solved.
>
> Another thing you can check - hold down the Windows key and tap the
> Pause/break key. System Properties will come up. Now go to Hardware tab and
> click on the Device Manager button. When that window comes up, look at the
> "Network Adapters" section. If there is a yellow exclamation mark, a yellow
> question mark or a red "X" in there next to the wi-fi NIC (Network Interface
> Card), then you have a problem. A simple solution to POSSIBLY fix this
> problem is to run the Restore function by going to Start button, All
> Programs, Accessories then System Tools and clicking on System Restore. Now
> choose to restore the computer to an earlier date. When the calendar comes
> up, choose a date before all this started and OK it. The computer will now
> reboot and take a much longer time to come back. When it comes back, it
> should be OK. If it isn't, you have a hardware problem and need to take it
> to a Dell authorised place to fix.
>
>
>
>

Doug wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a similar thing to do on a desktop computer which suddenly
> can't see a wireless network and advices to "make sure the wireless
> switch on the computer is on"???? The desktop keyboard doesn't
> have a blue FUNCTION key as described for the laptop.
Try looking at the "properties" of the driver for the wireless adapter
in Device Manager.