[Romroms]

Hey guys, i recently went to a friends house with my laptop and i could not connect to his wireless, it shows the router in my wireless connections box but when clicked it goes off and nothing happens after. I can only connect to my router at home as it connects automatically when it is within distance and i would like to know how i can resolve this problem as i won't be able to connect to other wireless routers/hotspots on my laptop, i have tried troubleshooting and everything doesn't seem to work. help will be much appreciated.

 

[epshatto]

It's possible your friend's router settings are configured to block your access to the device.

You can set routers up to deny access to any device not in a "whitelist", so if the router doesn't have your device in the list it defaults to blocking it. Likewise it could be encrypted with a key that you don't have, etc.

It sounds to me like the router is probably shutting your laptop out and is configured to do so.

 

[Romroms]

I don't think that would be the problem because say for example i turn off my router, my laptop only searches for my router when it is turned on and the router is within the distance to if i turned my router off and tried to reconnect to it i would click it in the menu it would dissapear then i would have to restart my laptop for it the reconnect.

 

[Old Rich]

Sorry . . can you restate the problem? . . what you describe is normal.

What Operating System? . . Are you using Windows to manage the connection or third party software?

 

[Romroms]

I'm using windows 7, it's the wireless connections panel that open when you click in the the little taskbar next to the clock. When i click my chosen internet access and click connect it just disappears at nothing happens after that?