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    Dell Studio 1558 - not detecting my home wifi but detecting other wifi's.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by rkakkad, Apr 7, 2015.

  1. rkakkad

    rkakkad Newbie

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    I have a Dell Studio 1558. I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8.1, around 2 weeks ago and since then it stopped detecting only my home wifi. The wifi adapter is working and detecting all other wifis in the area - like my neighbour's or my phone tethered nw - but it simply doesn't detect my own home network. It was detecting the network before I upgraded to windows 8.1..
    I've tried everything from uninstalling the 2 network adapters in Device Manager to reinstalling Windows 8.1 etc but nothing works. It just does not detect my home wifi signal...

    PLEASE HELP ME - I'm on the verge of throwing the machine out of window now...
     
    rkakkad, Apr 7, 2015
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Have you tried checking if other devices are detecting your home wifi? Perhaps your home wifi router has crashed.
     
    namaiki, Apr 7, 2015
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  3. rkakkad

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    :). 2 phones and 2 work laptops are connecting to the Wifi - so its definitely working...
     
    rkakkad, Apr 8, 2015
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