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fujitsu siemens v5535
little_rosie
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Just bought this laptop from ebuyer. Theres no manual at all, I've been trying to connect to the internet and am getting nowhere. Does anyone know if i need to get wireless card (i thought it was installed), I have Netgear dg834g wireless router, any help at would be very much appreciated as i am tearing my hair out, thanks 
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little_rosie wrote: »Just bought this laptop from ebuyer. Theres no manual at all, I've been trying to connect to the internet and am getting nowhere. Does anyone know if i need to get wireless card (i thought it was installed), I have Netgear dg834g wireless router, any help at would be very much appreciated as i am tearing my hair out, thanks
Download the manual from here
You most likely need to switch on the wireless.
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The manual can be downloaded from here
From what I can make out, you will need to go into the BIOS and enable the wireless
Turn on your laptop and press F2
Go to the advance section,
Make sure the Wireless LAN Device is set to enabled0 -
Try pressing Fn and F1
Radio components indicator
Indicator is illuminated: The key combination Fn + F1 has been pressed. One or
more radio components are switched on.
Radiocomponentsindicator
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Thanks, i've tried all of that but nothing seems to work, could it be my router?0
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little_rosie wrote: »Thanks, i've tried all of that but nothing seems to work, could it be my router?
Is the wireless enabled on your router?:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
er, i think so, am just going to check all of my router settings, i think it might be something to do lan settings or something like that?0
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little_rosie wrote: »er, i think so, am just going to check all of my router settings, i think it might be something to do lan settings or something like that?
Is the wireless LED illuminated on your router?:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
yes all 4 green lights illuminated, laptop message is 'not connected to any network'?0
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little_rosie wrote: »yes all 4 green lights illuminated, laptop message is 'not connected to any network'?
Have you entered the encryption key?:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
Yes, I added an encryption password today after reading about insecure connections ...0
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