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wireless card doesn't see network

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by bobk419

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The wireless card in my Toshiba notebook has stopped functioning. I have uninstalled it and updated the drivers for it. Device Manager says there are no problems with the card. It has worked in the past and has even connected to my present wireless network, but after rebooting would not see it again.

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by stress junkie

The Windows network manager has a switch to enable automatically connecting to wireless networks when you log in. It is similar in function to automatically reconnecting to network file shares. Just select the network wireless connection and check the box to automatically reconnect when you log on to the machine.

by bobk419

I checked the box to automaticaly connect to my network, and my lan card is still blind to it. However a little while later it connected and disconnected, while I was connected wired.

by w2ktechman

the wifi card or the router is having problems. Try rebooting your wifi router and check again for a signal.
You should not need to reboot for it to pick up a signal, just open the wireless networks and select view networks. refresh if needed.
Does it find anything?
If not, try another card and see if the problem persists.

by cg it

another suggestion when you've eliminated that the problem is with the NIC, is to check to make sure your router is broadcasting the SSID.

On by default, it's a security feature that when turned off, the SSID isn't broadcasted so no one can see the network.

by w2ktechman

I wasnt going to bring that up right away, along with a few other things. I was going to wait for a reply on if it helped or not first.
But, you are correct, and other things to include would be if it has an on/off switch, is it set to disabled, is the LAN line plugged in as well (sometimes interference), is bluetooth enabled and BT devices operating (Interference), are wireless phones around (again interference), etc.

by cg it

you gave him some really good suggestions and I needed something to throw in there and the broadcast SSID was about the only thing left.

The Toshiba Satellites have this little on/off switch for the wireless NIC. Didn't read the manual when I set it up for a customer and though the software Toshiba puts in for the wireless appears to work, there's limited or no connectivity until you flip this little switch to turn on the NIC. Drove me nuts for about 15 minutes until I grabbed the manual and read it.

It's a great idea. turn off the wireless nic when your docked and using wired, turn it on when on the road. Beats having to have hardware profiles or disabling it to use wired.

Could be a bigger switch with a label saying turn me on first.

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