Lan & Wi Lan ??

suethedriver

I tried to use my laptop at a friends house ( with permission !!) on their unlocked wireless connection.
It showed available network & signal was 100% but when i tried to connect it just kept coming up with Lan & Wi Lan disconnected.
What have i done wrong ???
OR what should i have done ????
I connectd to wi fi on the train fine the previous week.
Thanks.

Little_John

It could be any of a few things all dependiant on the configuration of the network your trying to connect to. Most likley that as the router is configured for none secure connections it is not configured for automatic ip address configuration. you can test this by connecting by a cable and see if it works if not it confirms it isnt as it takes the wireless problems out of the loop.

mdbarber

some routers are set to only allow new clients for a short period after switch on, say 10 mins, next time try switching off/unplugging the router from mains then try again after a min or two