10 Tips - If Not Right On the WLAN Radios

If the PC or the laptop will not build or just a slow connection to the wireless router to help further these ten tips.

1. Wi-Fi adapter test
The WLAN module in the PC or laptop must be properly installed. Dipping the component on the Device Manager under "Network" without the exclamation point, everything is in order.

2. Enable Wi-Fi adapter
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3. Wi-Fi switch on the router
Even in many routers, you can turn off the radio - by a switch in the configuration menu, or even scheduled. Thus there are routers and adapters, must therefore also on the router, the WLAN LED light to indicate that the radio is active.

4. Richtigen WLAN standard to use
True, 11n Router with 11g and 11b adapters are compatible - but only if you have the matching set in the router menu. Choose the "Network Mode", select "Mixed" or set to "N + G + B".

5. Closer to go to the router
In poor radio quality failure between the router and adapter, the device often already at the negotiation of a connection. To do so with the wireless adapter so close to your router that the devices have on a spark gap of about two to four meters line of sight.

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6. Refresh network list
Sometimes it takes even with proper network setup a bit, until the WLAN adapter's SSID overheard by the router. Therefore, a few times to update the list of found networks. In Vista, run over the right icon with two arrows in Win XP, click on the left side update on the "Network List".

7. Check password entry
A clerical error when typing the password prevents the wireless connection. Windows displays it on the command is not in plain text: In Vista, you must "Show characters" checkbox below the input field. To remove a tool such as helping Pants Off.

8. IP address assigned automatically
Even if the WLAN is available, maybe a connection can not. Possible Cause: The IP addresses of routers and adapters are not compatible. The router should have DHCP enabled: then automatically applies the WLAN adapter's address.

9. Mac filter disable
Apart from an incorrect password, an access restriction may also prevent the router that it makes contact with the adapter. Clear, therefore, the MAC address filters.

10. New drivers, new firmware
If the connection is not stable, possibly creating a new driver for the adapter or a new firmware for the router help.