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Wireless Button on Broadband

  • 02-05-2012 8:19pm
    #1
    UDAWINNER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,
    I have Three mobile broadband at the moment but I am getting UPC Fibre Broadband in the next few days. Prior to this I used imagine broadband, which i used to turn on the wireless button on my IQON laptop a few years ago to get broadband. Anyway the wireless button on my laptop doesn't light up any more, will this turn on when i get the UPC modem or will it connect without using this button.
    Any thoughts?


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  • #2
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Assuming the UPC router is wireless enabled, which it probably is, and that your laptop has a functioning wireless card, then you should be able to configure the router and the laptop to connect wirelessly.

    If you want a rock solid connection to the internet then you need to use a cable connection.

    Wireless is subject to RF interference. As you are having fibre optic broadband installed then you must live in a relatively high density area and as such there will be a host of wireless routers and other wireless devices in the vicinity all interfering with each other thereby degrading performance.


  • #3
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,285 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    If there is a hardware switch to turn on the wifi on your laptop, and the light does not come on, there may be a problem. Does a wifi connection show up in Network Connections or Device Manager ?

    A possible simple workaround would be to get something like this


    Definitely a good idea to check for conflicting wifi channels from neighbours with InSSIDer


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