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Laptop not recognising some wireless networks

  • 11-04-2014 8:38pm
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    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    My Acer Aspire V5 only seems to pick up some wireless networks but not others. For example, my phone picks up my upc network no problem but my acer doesn't even identify the upc network but i can see other networks used by neighbours etc. Anyone know if there is a straight forward fix for this problem?


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  • #2
    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    Bump


  • #3
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    Can you see what channels the "missing" networks are transmitting on? If they're 12 and 13 then the wireless adapter in your laptop might be configured incorrectly or is a North American model.

    If running Windows, then run the following at a command prompt:

    netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid


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    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    Karsini wrote: »
    Can you see what channels the "missing" networks are transmitting on? If they're 12 and 13 then the wireless adapter in your laptop might be configured incorrectly or is a North American model.

    If running Windows, then run the following at a command prompt:

    netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid

    The problem on arises when I disconnect from the network and then try to reconnect. If I reboot the laptop it picks up the network straight away.

    For example, I connect to the network on start up, then I move to another part of the house and connect to a different access point that I set up but if I I try to connect to the original network it doesn't appear in the list of available networks?


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    So you have two access points in the same house? While it's not connected to your issue, in this case, ideally you should configure both with the same SSID, encryption and channel settings. That way the device will roam from one access point to the other automatically.


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    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    Karsini wrote: »
    So you have two access points in the same house? While it's not connected to your issue, in this case, ideally you should configure both with the same SSID, encryption and channel settings. That way the device will roam from one access point to the other automatically.

    I considered that but was conscious of the loss of bandwidth by using a repeater as opposed to an access point.


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    You shouldn't suffer any loss of bandwidth if the router and access point are wired together; you would if one was repeating the other wirelessly.

    In to your other issue, I haven't seen this before, have you tried any driver updates for the wireless device?


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    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    Karsini wrote: »
    You shouldn't suffer any loss of bandwidth if the router and access point are wired together; you would if one was repeating the other wirelessly.

    In to your other issue, I haven't seen this before, have you tried any driver updates for the wireless device?

    I have the router and access point wired through TP-Links Powerline which already seems to reduce the bandwith so I though that if I used it as a repeater it would reduce it even further.

    Am reluctant to update the driver as I know the wireless adapter is picking up other networks and with Windows 8.1 being still in it's infancy I'm always reluctant to update drivers on brand new operating systems.


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