8526_1443013986 Posted July 15, 2007 CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 I just bought a new laptop yesterday. It uses a REALTEK RTL8185 WLAN utility. For the access point, I'm using a Linksys WRT54G router. I currently have another desktop set up using the wireless connection from the router. However, I cannot get my laptop to detect the wireless broadcast from the router. I've already tried uninstalling the driver for it on my laptop and reinstalling it. Still doesnt work... How can I fix this problem? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8526_1443013986 Posted July 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 Eh. Couldn't find the modify button so I'll just make another post... I'm pretty sure that the wireless broadcast from the router works, since my other desktop (with a Linksys wireless reciever plugged into it) can detect the broadcast and use it, from over 20 feet away. However, the laptop can't detect the broadcast from less than a foot away from the router.. So I'm thinking something's wrong with the laptop =/ Grr. Oh. And the exact thing is called "Realtek RTL8185 54M Wireless Lan Network Adapter", if it helps at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 15, 2007 CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 Is the wireless switch on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8526_1443013986 Posted July 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 ... I feel retarded >< Wireless switch? What wireless switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 15, 2007 CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 Somewhere on the laptop there should be a switch or button that turns the wireless card on and off.. it might have an antenna on it or something.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8526_1443013986 Posted July 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just looked through the manual... Fn + F2 to turn on/off Wireless =p Thanks a lot! I didn't bother reading the manual >.< Guess I should take a peek through it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 15, 2007 CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 Yeah.. that might help.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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8526_1443013986 Posted July 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 Well... On the topic of me knowing nothing... Is there a way to keep internet connections going (both wired and wireless) when the laptop goes into Standby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted July 15, 2007 CID Share Posted July 15, 2007 No... standby basically put the computer to sleep except for RAM.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8526_1443013986 Posted July 16, 2007 Author CID Share Posted July 16, 2007 Sooo... is there a way to save batteries//keep the laptop cool while keeping the internet connections running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted July 16, 2007 CID Share Posted July 16, 2007 The problem is that for any network taffic you need CPU cycles for anything to work. The best thing that you can do is to turn the screen off after 3-4 minutes of it being on the screensaver. Just about all of the laptops after 2000 has had some type of speed stepping for the CPU. The hard drive should also spin down unless it is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 16, 2007 CID Share Posted July 16, 2007 hey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8526_1443013986 Posted July 17, 2007 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2007 Thanks Swimmer =) And hey tdawnaz!! Glad to be back! It's been a long while, definately more than a couple of months =P Any of the old people I used to know still active? like.. Netmasta, cutest, coknuck, and others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 17, 2007 CID Share Posted July 17, 2007 netmasta hasn't been around for a long time (nobody knows where he is )...cholla is gone forever...coknuck is a moderator now...anyone else u wanna know about?...so where ya been...in jail??...hahaha...jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8526_1443013986 Posted July 17, 2007 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2007 netmasta's in hiding... I can smell it! and go coknuck! =) As to where I've been, I've been addicted to a game called Endless Ages for the past year or so, which was bought by Rapid Reality and shut down last March =| So now, I'm back! i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 17, 2007 CID Share Posted July 17, 2007 yeh i'm hearing more and more about that happening...watching people i've known their whole life lose everything including family, friends, jobs, homes etc but never their computer or their computer connection...sad... but glad u found ur way out of that maze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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