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    Really need help

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by gman901, Sep 8, 2011.

  1. gman901

    gman901 Notebook Consultant

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    I just got my nebula red i7 M11x R3 with the intel upgraded wimax wifi adapter. It looks great and the build quality and screen is fantastic! The only problem is that connecting to my wireless router is painfully slow. I tried rebooting, I turned some intel auto band connector to on - but nothing changes. I keep getting this message hovering over the wifi indicator in the task tray that "additional login requirement for your browser may be necessary" so I click the bubble and it opens the AlienArena homepage. I can't even download Google Chrome because my connection is not working. My iPad and MacBook Air (in bootcamp Win 7) connects flawlessly right next to my brand new M11x. Is there something I need to do to allow the network to connect? Please help.
     
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    Update- it seems to be working fine this morning. Is it possible that Windows update and other programs loading up for the first time slow down the browsing speed to a crawl initially?
     
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    Zuu Notebook Geek

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    Your computer may have just been having a hard time obtaining an IP address or your router's DSN, pretty common problem with wireless. No biggy.
     
    Zuu, Sep 9, 2011
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