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ace5100R

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I have an Acer 5100 I have had for a few months. I use wireless at home and it connects fast, stays connected and runs great. At school it will log on to the network but will not get on to the internet. I have tried using the connect to other computer setting, I have clicked the "change IP" suggestion and nothing I have done works. It is a community college so everyone I talk to just sends me to someone else. They have only had wireless for a few years now and I don't think they have an IT desk for students.
 
i know that at my college you cant get wireless on the schools network unless your laptop is leased out from the school, like mine is
so maybe thats the problem?
 
Are you running any proxys, such as those BS "internet accelerators", or anything? What virus protection/firewall software are you running?
 
Does the wireless connection only work for networking, do mthey have a wan side to the connection?
 
ace5100R said:
I have an Acer 5100 I have had for a few months. I use wireless at home and it connects fast, stays connected and runs great. At school it will log on to the network but will not get on to the internet. I have tried using the connect to other computer setting, I have clicked the "change IP" suggestion and nothing I have done works. It is a community college so everyone I talk to just sends me to someone else. They have only had wireless for a few years now and I don't think they have an IT desk for students.
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If your getting an low signal it will not connect. It will he there once in an while, and disappear again.

PohTayToez - Google Web Accelertor is not BS.
 
I am not running any proxys as far as I know. (This is the first computer thats mine personally so I am still learning a lot) I do not have any accelerators on here, just have stock firewalls and virus protection. The school allows anyone with a comp to get on.... And its frustrating because I can see everyone else online as I am struggling HAHA. In terms of LAN and WAN. I just did a little reading... And will still need to do a little more, but to the best of my knowledge there is no WAN side. The signal power is good too in the 80 to 90% range. I will try to check the firewalls. Also, do you guys recommend the "for dummy" book series at all to learn from?
 
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