Saint Keith Posted 16 May, 2011 Posted 16 May, 2011 i needed to disable my wireless on my laptop for a few minutes, so went to the wireless icon, clicked disable. however, when i click enablke to switch it back on, it wont work, says conenction failed. tried going into properties etc but its still not working. tried re-booting but it still wont enable HELP! its a fairly old (2005) inspiron 2200, the built in wireless adapter, dell intel pro set or something like that
Liquidshokk Posted 16 May, 2011 Posted 16 May, 2011 Saint Keith said: i needed to disable my wireless on my laptop for a few minutes, so went to the wireless icon, clicked disable. however, when i click enablke to switch it back on, it wont work, says conenction failed. tried going into properties etc but its still not working. tried re-booting but it still wont enable HELP! its a fairly old (2005) inspiron 2200, the built in wireless adapter, dell intel pro set or something like that Did you reboot the router aswell as the laptop? Does a program handle the wireless connection? Try enabling it through that.. It really rings a bell and sure the "connection failed!" message has happened to me before. Seem to remember mine being something to do with the having a second "Internet gateway icon" that wasnt connecting. Have a look at services and stop and start wireless zero service is another thing to try
Saint Keith Posted 17 May, 2011 Author Posted 17 May, 2011 Liquidshokk said: Did you reboot the router aswell as the laptop? no, other laptops are working fine Does a program handle the wireless connection? Try enabling it through that.. nope It really rings a bell and sure the "connection failed!" message has happened to me before. Seem to remember mine being something to do with the having a second "Internet gateway icon" that wasnt connecting. Have a look at services and stop and start wireless zero service is another thing to try will try that tonight!
Saint Keith Posted 17 May, 2011 Author Posted 17 May, 2011 has started working again all by itself when i got back tonight. probably knew the fury i was going to unleash on it if it didnt work, and it decided to avoid a beating
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