Limited or No connectivity

[paul0660]

XP needs it once a year or so to keep running good anyway.

YOUR xp, maybe.

[NytWolf]

Sorry, I should have explained better.

This computer has connected to the wireless router at home for a year. ... Two hours later my connection worked on the wire but not the wireless at work. When I got home it would not connect to my home wireless. Yesterday morning I complained again and they tried to get it to work on the wireless and couldn't. This morning I went into work and the computer connected itself automatically to the wireless at work.

When I came home this afternoon it would still not connect to the wireless at home.

It sounds like your computer has two saved wireless connections. The problem is, only one can be the default. Without knowing exactly what your IT people did, it would be hard to be specific in helping you. But all is not lost.

- Open your wireless connections interface. It looks like the AT&T bars, and it's in your system tray where the clock is.
-- Once open, see if your home wifi is still listed. If it is, select it and press the Connect button. If you know, set it as default or move it up.
--- If your home wifi is not listed there, you will need to do a search for wireless networks and see if it shows up. Then you will need to reconfigure it to connect with password, etc.
--- If you do the search and your home wireless isn't found, cycle the power to your wireless router and try the search again.
- If when starting your wireless connection interface (from the system tray) is not possible, then most likely you have your wireless turned off. But I believe it is not, since you are able to connect at work.

[TonyM]

IDK sailor, do you?

Negative, Sir.

[Fjold]

It sounds like your computer has two saved wireless connections. The problem is, only one can be the default. Without knowing exactly what your IT people did, it would be hard to be specific in helping you. But all is not lost.

- Open your wireless connections interface. It looks like the AT&T bars, and it's in your system tray where the clock is.
-- Once open, see if your home wifi is still listed. If it is, select it and press the Connect button. If you know, set it as default or move it up.
--- If your home wifi is not listed there, you will need to do a search for wireless networks and see if it shows up. Then you will need to reconfigure it to connect with password, etc.
--- If you do the search and your home wireless isn't found, cycle the power to your wireless router and try the search again.
- If when starting your wireless connection interface (from the system tray) is not possible, then most likely you have your wireless turned off. But I believe it is not, since you are able to connect at work.

Both my home and work wifi networks are listed. Both are set up to connect automatically. I enabled it manually and typed in the key and it still has limited or no connectivity.

I let the Dell wireless manage the connection and the other one (the computer with the airwaves coming off it) and in both ways it won't connect correctly.

I cycled the power off (waited 2 minutes) and still no connection.

[NapaPlinker]

I had the same problem the ohter day. Open internet explorer then go to tools>Internet Options>advanced>then click reset. I called hp they had me do this and it worked after, might as well give it a shot.

[five.five-six]

Negative, Sir.

[JDay]

YOUR xp, maybe.

I don't even run XP, however most people install so much worthless crap that their registry gets screwed up. Not to mention all the malware that gets on their systems. Usually easiest to just do a clean install when that crap starts causing hardware and performance issues.

[JDay]

It sounds like your computer has two saved wireless connections. The problem is, only one can be the default.

No, Windows will connect to the saved connection that has the strongest signal strength. The reason you can set one to take priority over another is if there is more then one nearby that you often use, this keeps your signal from constantly switching between them while you're trying to use it.

[NytWolf]

I let the Dell wireless manage the connection and the other one (the computer with the airwaves coming off it) and in both ways it won't connect correctly.

I cycled the power off (waited 2 minutes) and still no connection.

Which Dell do you have?

[Fjold]

Dell Latitude E6410.

I just deleted the connection for my home wireless and when I get home tonight I'll try to re-create it.

[Cbr1000Rider]

1. Connect your laptop directly to your Cable that goes into your wifi.
2. Run IP Config.
3. Take note of the IP addresses that come up.
4. Instead of your wifi automatically assigning IP addresses, plug those in your IPV/4 or IPV/6 settings in your wireless properties on your laptop. (Your IT guys probably already did this and used the workplace IPs)
5. report back here.

[asymmetricalwarfar3]

Fjold.....don't know if you got this fixed yet....have you considered getting a new modem?

I just got off the phone w/ cox and apparently e'erbody and their mothers have been calling in 'bout shoddy connections; it turns out they recently upgraded their system and some older modems (mine was a Toshiba) were unable to handle the juice....BUT they failed to tell any of their customers, go figure.

I just switched mine out and so far everything seems to be on the up and up.......just a thought. GL.