Hi, please note that she's had the laptop three years this September, so Toshiba probably discontinued the Equium model, but produced a Satellite model instead. What you're describing sounds nothing like what she's got, except the volume control. Her laptop doesn't have an internal, like I explained in the original thread. The only thing she has at the back are a series of USB ports, as well as modem/ethernet ports, plus the AC adaptor socket, etc. Thanks for looking though, greatly appreciated.
At 22:48 27/01/2008 +0000, you wrote:
Hi Chris, I have a feeling the M40X is in fact a Toshiba Satellite, as it does not appear Toshiba they have an Equium series. Anyway, the following assumes the former. Is it just possible she has accidentally switched off the wireless function? My wife did exactly that today with her HP laptop. According to the picture in the M40X manual, on the right hand side near the front, is the volume control. Slightly below and towards the back you should find a small sliding switch. (It's under the microphone jack socket) If the illustration in the manual is anything to go by, this slider will have three or four vertical ridges on it. I can't establish which way is on. Whether it should be fully forward, or fully back. It may not be any help I know, but there is an LED very slightly back from this switch which I would guess should be lit if the wireless connection is active. If in fact it has been moved, and you change the position, give it a few minutes to connect, or at least manually check the wireless status. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth Sent: 27 January 2008 14:38 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wireless query Hi, so how does she do this? Yes she does have a laptop, A toshiba Equium M40x series to be precise. Thanks in advance for sharing. At 13:56 27/01/2008 +0000, you wrote: >Chris, > >Is this a laptop she has? > >It sounds like it with the PCI card slot... > >In which case this is better than USB WIFI cards, and not as great >as an internal wifi card. Ya use what ya have though as I do on >this laptop I'm typing on. It's got a PCI card slot where the WIFI >card's going into. Stay well away from USB wifi cards. > >Not bad for jumping on the net once or twice a day with reboots and >checking mail but beyond that... > >Anyways, all what Yusif said sounds dead-on. > >I'd only add one or two things more. > >Have her remove the networks name from here fav's. > >This will remove any caching related to the connection. > >Reboot the machine to totally clear DNS, Net Bios, etc. > >Then view for the network and connect again. > >Dj Paddy >----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" ><christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 1:47 PM >Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wireless query > > >>Hi, well we don't know about what settings they've changed, but I >>very much doubt it as, like I said, this next door neighbour could >>connect straight away since last night yet my girlfriend can't. >>Also, the wireless card she has is I believe a PCMCIA one since it >>goes into some sort of PC card slot. By the way, she did try to >>disconnect last night and re-connected, but still no luck. Thanks >>for the help though, greatly appreciated. >> >>At 11:57 27/01/2008 +0000, you wrote: >>>Hi Chris, I haven't seen this specific problem before but a couple >>>of things come to mind. >>> >>>I'd try disconnecting from the university network, doing a search >>>for networks in range and reconnecting. This should ensure that >>>your girlfriend is forced to reenter the key. I've found in the >>>past that if my desktop accidentally connects to a different >>>network, its possible not to realise that this has happened, in my >>>case I got the message asking me to put the key in and thinking it >>>was still in the edit field simply hit the connect button. Of >>>course windows being the wanderful operating system that it is, >>>you don't get a helpful error message telling you that the wrong >>>key has been entered. >>> >>>I've also found that external wireless devices such as USB are not >>>as reliable as internal ones. I found that with a USB wireless >>>stick my connection was being dropped all the time and that over >>>time this got worse and led to other network instability. I don't >>>know if this is the case for everyone but its certainly my experience. >>> >>>I now use a wireless PCMCIA card and although I still periodically >>>looze the network connection its better than the USB stick. >>>Although I plan on going back to a wired connection as I >>>personally am not very happy with wireless as a method for >>>transmitting large amounts of data. >>> >>>You mentioned a major outage of the university network, do you >>>know if theyve changed any of their settings? >>>HTH >>>Yusuf >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" >>><christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:17 AM >>>Subject: [access-uk] Wireless query >>> >>> >>>>Hi all, >>>>e-mailing on behalf of my girlfriend who needs urgent help >>>>please? For the past few months she's been able to connect to her >>>>college wireless network, which uses WPA as its encryption, fine. >>>>Since last night though, all she's seeing in the wireless >>>>notification icon is "acquiring network address", nothing else. >>>>However, her next door neighbour is connected fine. What could be >>>>going on? They did have a serious outage over the weekend, can >>>>that have anything to do with it? Also, the technicians has >>>>experienced problems with Vista and the wireless network, however >>>>I don't think that has anything to do with it since they're both >>>>running XP Home SP2. Finally, could it be to do with the fact >>>>that my girlfriend has an external wireless card whilst her next >>>>door neighbour's internal? We don't think so, but thought I'd ask >>>>anyway. Sorry for the many questions, but I hope there's enough >>>>there to answer one or all of them. Thanks in advance, and take care. >>>>P.S. 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