My buddy owns an Acer laptop and asked me about a problem he is having that started yesterday. When his laptop is on battery power, he has no problem connecting to the wireless connection. However, when he plugs in the laptop, he loses the connection and it is not found when he searches for available wireless connections. Any idea what is going on and how it can be fixed?
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CyberVisions Martian Notebook Overlord
It could be just a simple matter that he's just got it too close to his system. The AC adapter should be as far away from the wireless adapter as possible to rule out interference issues. Same goes with cordless phone bases, UPS's, power strips, and anything else with a transformer.
If you know anyone who has an EMI meter, it would be easy to check the output. It shouldn't be registering much, if anything. -
When he searches for available wireless connections, does he find any other connections available, or do they all disappear?
Losing wireless when connected to electricity
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by brody, Apr 12, 2009.