Netgear Wireless connection problem

poppy8

I hope someone can help me. My daughter set up a laptop for me with a wireless connection, however, today, it is coming up with a message saying it is "disconnected". The other laptop and computer in the house connect ok. So the wireless connection is working ok for them. I am sure it is something simple but a bit wary of fiddling with it, when she is not here and in New Zealand. Hope someone has an idea of what to do.
Thanks.

trcooke

Can you get a connection if you move your laptop closer to the wireless router? If so then you don't have a technical problem, you're just out of range.

adouglasmhor

do yu have a little picture of a computer with waves coming out of it down at the bottom right somewhere on the bar? click on that and you should see a menu of available wirelss networks, pick the one you use and click connect and it should connect you.

scoobysi

Some laptops have a button on the front/side that if pressed will disable the wireless connection, you need to press it to enable it.

adouglasmhor

scoobysi wrote: »

Some laptops have a button on the front/side that if pressed will disable the wireless connection, you need to press it to enable it.

One of mine has that - I once reinstalled my OS because I couldn't get wireless to work before I remembered.

Ms-Pacman

on mine i have to press f2 and the alt key to enable wireless connection and have hit it a few times diabling it by mistake, not sure iif this helps bu t it did catch me out for a while

wildbri

I find that with my laptop (dell) if I go from mains to battery or battery to mains it disconnects If you look at F2 it may have a blue antenna sign. hold fn and press F2 and that switches it ON or OFF regards...bri Hope she has a good time in NZ we did, my wife took me on a month long motor home holiday to celebrate my 70th birthday