802.11b/g wireless LAN

hey anyone... iam not sure if this is the right place to post this question
but here i go. i have an Acer Aspire laptop which is around 9 months old. it
runs windows vista basic, it also has a 802.11b/g wireless LAN inbuilt into
it however sometimes it does not turn on (by this i mean it deosn't recognise
any signals from my wireless router to access the internet). also when i go
into the Acer empowering technology and into Acer eNet Manager, there are no
WLAN's detected which gives me the impression that the wireless LAN is not
turned on in my laptop. on my laptop there is a button on the front of it
which can be slid across to turn it on, so when it doesn't "turn on" i slide
this across but it just says no device. the router which my laptop usually
picks up for the internet is always turned on so this could not be the
problem (or could it?). i need to restart my laptop in order for it to pick
up the router again. does anyone know what this problem is and how can i fix
it. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
(the router i use for the internet is a Dlink wireless router)

thanks Josh.

 

what model router? what hardware revision what firmware?
what driver version for the wireless laptop?

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iam not really sure for any of them. all i know is that the laptop is a Acer
Aspire 3684WXMi, the router is a Dlink DI-524. how do u check the hardware
revision, firmware and driver version? sorry iam not very computer smart.

 

Gentlemen,
Please forgive me for barging in. I am unable to open a new thread, only
reply to an existing thread.
I am new to LANs. I have a Netgear router sendng a (g) signal, WPA encoded,
established and functioning well on my laptop.
I upgraded an HP compaq pavillion desktop that runs Windows ME with 512 RAM
and a Trendnet PCI wireless adapter.
The Trendnet configuration utility window shows the PCI card is detecting my
SSID with 100% signal strength and 100% link quality. The data transfer rates
both sending and recieving are at 0Kbps.
I have entered the MAC address in Explorer's LAN settings in the box labled
automatic configuration script. I have entered the Admin PW in the Trendnet
coniguration window. Do I need to change the HP's IP address somehow?
Again, please forgive the intrusion, for some reason I just can't open a
window with the new question button.
Thanks,
Moon

 

Sorry for calling you a gentleman Barbara.

 

ok, let's try a different approach. when did this issue first start
happening? do you have a system restore point from a time before
this started you can revert to?

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can't help with the trend net utility. try Trendnet's website for
support on this. this newsgroup is actually for Microsoft branded
networking equipment (which is actually discontinued) and not
general support.

WindowsME had no native support for WPA (or any wireless at all) -
not even sure if Trendnet is able to support WPA under ME. In any
case, I'm sorry but can't give you any help with this.

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Thank you for your time. Have a great day.

 

iam not entirely sure of the exact time at which this started but its been
happing for around a month? or maybe two... its just started to really annoy
me like i put u with it for a bit but when i turn my laptop on i leave it so
it loads up but yea the wireless LAN doesnt pick up the net. i could try my
system restore but will this wipe any updates and things that i have done
after this? sorry that iam not that much help

 

please try a system restore. yes you will have to re-do updates, but
it is best to rule out that an update caused the issue (some
driver...?)

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I have the same Dlink. They can be quirky sometimes. Login to it and try
switching the channel, so you'll use channel 11. Unlike the default channel
6, channel 11 tends to avoid the things in the house that can cause this
disturbance, such as Microwave Ovens, 2.4 GHz telephones and any other 2.4
GHz devices in the house. Another possibility is setting your laptop's Screen
Saver to come on too quickly. I find that my WiFi connected laptop has
trouble reconnecting after I wake it up after the Fade to Black setting for
the screen has kicked in.

 

Thanks barb this seems to have worked.... for the moment =) thanks for all
your help.

 

hey mike, what barb said worked however i still would like to change it from
channel 6 to 11 just incase this is also the problem, but how do i do this?
can you please give me some steps? thanks heaps

 

thanks for the update

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