Integrated Wi-Fi not working

ilovefishsticks · 08-04-2005, 07:25 PM

Hey guys, Im at my uncles house in canada and he has a laptop that stopped working a few days ago. They have a toshiba satalite A70 with intgrated Atheros Wi-Fi card. A few days ago one of their kids did somthing to secrew up port one on the U.S. Robotics Wireless Router (the ethernet plug named #1 in back). They hooked up the router to port 2 and their internet is working fine on their desktop, but their laptop all of a sudden stopped working.

Ive gone into internet connections and it dosent pick up a network, and im sure the network is working because i brought my laptop and its connecting to the net fine. Ive gone into network settings, and reinstalled drivers, changed settings, created a new network, but nothing seems to work. You guys have any ideas??

i wanna get this fixed before i leave in a few days so please help!

alanuofm · 08-04-2005, 07:53 PM

there should a panel on the bottom of the computer that contains the mini pci wireless card. you can unscrew it and make sure the two attenna cables are still attached. make sure you have the latest drivers as well. and does your laptop have a blue function button? sometimes if you disable the wireless using the function key you have to enable it back with the same procedure.

ilovefishsticks · 08-04-2005, 08:27 PM

K guys its all good. It ended up being a phisical switch that turns the card on or off on the case itself. I didnt think their was switches on internal wireless cards, I was always used to my linksys card that slides in and out. Learn somthing new every day

alanuofm · 08-04-2005, 09:12 PM

yeah theres like 2 switches to my mini pci card as well. i have to enable it through the function key and through windows as well.

08-04-2005, 07:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
ilovefishsticks Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL USA Age: 18 Posts: 396	Integrated Wi-Fi not working Hey guys, Im at my uncles house in canada and he has a laptop that stopped working a few days ago. They have a toshiba satalite A70 with intgrated Atheros Wi-Fi card. A few days ago one of their kids did somthing to secrew up port one on the U.S. Robotics Wireless Router (the ethernet plug named #1 in back). They hooked up the router to port 2 and their internet is working fine on their desktop, but their laptop all of a sudden stopped working. Ive gone into internet connections and it dosent pick up a network, and im sure the network is working because i brought my laptop and its connecting to the net fine. Ive gone into network settings, and reinstalled drivers, changed settings, created a new network, but nothing seems to work. You guys have any ideas?? i wanna get this fixed before i leave in a few days so please help! __________________ My Computer Specs NVidia GeForce 6600 256mb Intel D195PCY motherboard Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghtz HT 300 GB Seagate SATA HDD 2048mb 533mhtz ddr2 corsair (1x1024)(2x512) Aspire X-Dreamer II case Ultra X-Connect PSU BenQ Dvd-R and DVD-RW 5.1 logitech x530 speaker system 19 inch Fuji Plus LCD monitor

08-04-2005, 08:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
ilovefishsticks Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL USA Age: 18 Posts: 396	K guys its all good. It ended up being a phisical switch that turns the card on or off on the case itself. I didnt think their was switches on internal wireless cards, I was always used to my linksys card that slides in and out. Learn somthing new every day __________________ My Computer Specs NVidia GeForce 6600 256mb Intel D195PCY motherboard Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghtz HT 300 GB Seagate SATA HDD 2048mb 533mhtz ddr2 corsair (1x1024)(2x512) Aspire X-Dreamer II case Ultra X-Connect PSU BenQ Dvd-R and DVD-RW 5.1 logitech x530 speaker system 19 inch Fuji Plus LCD monitor

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08-04-2005, 07:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	there should a panel on the bottom of the computer that contains the mini pci wireless card. you can unscrew it and make sure the two attenna cables are still attached. make sure you have the latest drivers as well. and does your laptop have a blue function button? sometimes if you disable the wireless using the function key you have to enable it back with the same procedure.

08-04-2005, 09:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	yeah theres like 2 switches to my mini pci card as well. i have to enable it through the function key and through windows as well.