Hi all!
You've been mighty useful when it came to helping me choose a new laptop, and now that it has arrived here's to hoping you can aid me in sorting out this issue too:
I just bought a Clevo P150M MOUNTAIN Portátil Studio3D 15 ivy - MOUNTAIN with intel centrino N2230 wifi adapter. I installed Windows 7 on it and everything's working EXCEPT the internet connection. I had already noticed something strange was going on since it only manages to detect one wifi network, when I know my house is surrounded by at least 7 at any given time. If I take my laptop around the house with me and sit right next to the router, then sure, it will connect just fine to my wifi network. However, when I return to my room with the laptop, it's as if is unable to pick up the signal and so fails to connect. The thing is, I have a 7-year old HP laptop in my room too which has no problems connecting to my wifi.
Anyone know any solution to this? Already tried uninstalling and re-installing drivers, bith from the Clevo DVD and the intel website, but in vain.
Thanks!
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Check if antennas are connected to the Wi-Fi card properly.
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Thanks for your reply, but I think I'd rather try any other solutions first that don't involve opening up the laptop... I bought it yesterday and unfortunately tech support will be on holidays the next week, so I'm trying to solve the issue myself
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WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso
If you don't open it as suggested then every suggestion may not help if there's no antennas attached to the card or only 1 attached
If you have the FREE inSSIDer program installed you can view all the networks on the 2.4ghz band and their signal strength.
In your router setup select an open channel that isn't being used.View channels being used in inSSIDer.
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Hi!
I changed my router's emission channel to one that no other network was using (thanks for the inSSIDer tip!), and still the problem persists. To me it is clear this has to do with the laptop rather than the wifi network itself. Thanks for your suggestionsHopefully it'll work out sooner than later!
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Turns out the problem was a bad wifi card. Got it replaced and it's working now
Thanks for the input!
Intel Centrino N 2230 and wifi range
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Neblin, Mar 22, 2013.