Wireless network has suddenly disappeared

digitman · 05-23-2008, 09:19 AM

Hey guys,

I've just bought a new laptop. I want to connect it via wireless to the D-link router in another room of my house. Its got an in-built wireless card (from what I was told). Previously it was working, it detected the network (dlink) and connected to it just fine, however suddenly the network has disappeared and doesn't show up. If I use an ethernet cable to connect to the router, it does work. I'm using windows Xp professional and all drivers are up-to-date.

Does anyone have any idea of why this could be happening?

**johnwill** · 05-23-2008, 02:40 PM

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type devmgmt.msc

Please respond to all the following steps.

Under Network adapters, please tell me all the devices listed.
Are there any devices under Network adapters that have a red x displayed?
Also, are there any devices anywhere in the Device Manager display with yellow ? or ! displayed?

Let's see this as well.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

digitman · 10-01-2008, 06:40 AM

Hey buddy,

I found that actually I had clicked the wireless button on my laptop off. Its right to the power button on my laptop keyboard. If you press it a green light shows under wireless and if u press it again the green light disappears. Try pressing that and then search for a network.

Hope this helps.

05-23-2008, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
digitman Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Win2000	Wireless network has suddenly disappeared Hey guys, I've just bought a new laptop. I want to connect it via wireless to the D-link router in another room of my house. Its got an in-built wireless card (from what I was told). Previously it was working, it detected the network (dlink) and connected to it just fine, however suddenly the network has disappeared and doesn't show up. If I use an ethernet cable to connect to the router, it does work. I'm using windows Xp professional and all drivers are up-to-date. Does anyone have any idea of why this could be happening?

05-23-2008, 02:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,654 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Wireless network has suddenly disappeared Hold the Windows key and press R, then type devmgmt.msc Please respond to all the following steps. Under Network adapters, please tell me all the devices listed. Are there any devices under Network adapters that have a red x displayed? Also, are there any devices anywhere in the Device Manager display with yellow ? or ! displayed? Let's see this as well. Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt: In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following command: IPCONFIG /ALL Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter. Paste the results in a message here. If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

10-01-2008, 06:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
digitman Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Win2000	Re: Wireless network has suddenly disappeared Hey buddy, I found that actually I had clicked the wireless button on my laptop off. Its right to the power button on my laptop keyboard. If you press it a green light shows under wireless and if u press it again the green light disappears. Try pressing that and then search for a network. Hope this helps.