Re: Wireless connection unavailable?

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:24:57 +0200, "Bjorn Solberg" <bjnsol@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Heres a story:
>
>I have been using a Toshiba laptop with a skyracer wireless pc card
>installed for some months. These months all have been working fine. Some
>days ago I wanted to transfer files from my laptop to the memory stick on my
>cellphone. I installed the necessary utility bundled with the cellphone and
>transferred the files. Before I installed the transfer utility it prompted
>me to install the .NET framework which i did. I transferred the files and
>shut the laptop down. I came back once more and transferred some more files
>and the wireless network seemed to work fine and i then shut the laptop
>down.
>
>The next time i turned the laptop on the wireless network would no longer
>work. It says that the wireless connection is unavailable. This is the only
>message i get. I havent changed any settings in the network or card
>configuration.
>
>It seems that its able to discover my router (Topcom) though.
>
>Whats wrong? Any ideas?

Well, the usual Toshiba problem is forgetting to turn on the wireless
card with the well hidden on/off switch. If you had supplied the
Toshiba model number, I could have supplied the location.

Also, right-click on the My Network Places icon on the desktop.
Highlight the wireless device icon and see if the device is listed as
disabled.

I'm not sure what to suggest next. You mighty try uninstalling the
cellphone software or perhaps using System Restore to return the
machine to a previous restore point that was known to be working.


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