Networking is a problem

JRollan · 01-07-2008, 03:33 PM

Hello,
I have a Toshiba Satellite which I purchased in 2002. Until recently it works well. I have aa Linksys network at home and I am able to use my laptop at home with my wireless card. I have always been able to travel and get the wireless networks at hotels until recently. I am not able to get any networks at any of the hotels. HELP

Jeannette

johnwill · 01-07-2008, 03:51 PM

Hard to say if you're still getting wireless connections at home. What were the symptoms at the hotels? Did you see the wireless network and just fail to connect?

JRollan · 01-08-2008, 01:16 PM

Thank You John for the quick reply.
Yes it does give me a signal. I was able to connect at one time however a friend of mine did a microsoft update and since I had not updated in quite sometime. This is when my problem began. It has now been 6 months and I am still having network connection except in my home.

Thank You
JRollan

johnwill · 01-08-2008, 03:19 PM

Have you tried removing all the stored wireless profiles and recreating them when you go to a hotel? That's the only thing I can think of.

JRollan · 01-09-2008, 05:25 PM

I will try that this weekend.

Thanks

genki · 01-09-2008, 11:09 PM

the first thing that i would check is the ip address set for the Wireless adaptor... make sure it is set to obtain ip address automatically.... if it is set to a static ip, it may just work only in your network and may conflict on others.

if that wouldnt work... it may be a an adaptor problem, try to reinstall/update wirelss adaptor driver, there are some cases that ip configurations/profiles are locked in the card itself (recreating new profiles as johnwill mentioned should be tried first)... if you could borrow another wless adaptor just to test, it would be nice.

01-07-2008, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
JRollan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Networking is a problem Hello, I have a Toshiba Satellite which I purchased in 2002. Until recently it works well. I have aa Linksys network at home and I am able to use my laptop at home with my wireless card. I have always been able to travel and get the wireless networks at hotels until recently. I am not able to get any networks at any of the hotels. HELP Jeannette

01-07-2008, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,468 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Networking is a problem Hard to say if you're still getting wireless connections at home. What were the symptoms at the hotels? Did you see the wireless network and just fail to connect? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-08-2008, 01:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
JRollan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Networking is a problem Thank You John for the quick reply. Yes it does give me a signal. I was able to connect at one time however a friend of mine did a microsoft update and since I had not updated in quite sometime. This is when my problem began. It has now been 6 months and I am still having network connection except in my home. Thank You JRollan

01-08-2008, 03:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,468 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Networking is a problem Have you tried removing all the stored wireless profiles and recreating them when you go to a hotel? That's the only thing I can think of. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-09-2008, 05:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
JRollan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Networking is a problem I will try that this weekend. Thanks

01-09-2008, 11:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
genki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4 OS: XP sp2	Re: Networking is a problem the first thing that i would check is the ip address set for the Wireless adaptor... make sure it is set to obtain ip address automatically.... if it is set to a static ip, it may just work only in your network and may conflict on others. if that wouldnt work... it may be a an adaptor problem, try to reinstall/update wirelss adaptor driver, there are some cases that ip configurations/profiles are locked in the card itself (recreating new profiles as johnwill mentioned should be tried first)... if you could borrow another wless adaptor just to test, it would be nice.