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Help In Getting Laptop Wirelessly Connected?
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Is there anybody out there that knows what tweak I need to make my laptop connect wirelessly when I take it to work?
This has been a problem with 3 successive laptops and different broadband suppliers, and it always follows the same pattern.
The laptop connects every time without a problem at home and when I take it to friends' houses, but when it comes in to work, even though it finds a full strength signal coming from the router, it can never connect.
I try all the troubleshooting suggestions but nothing works, unless I plug the yellow ethernet cable in, but I need it work in different rooms to where the router is.
There is another laptop that stays at work that connects wirelessly every time, and though I have looked for differences in the WPA settings and everything else I can think of, I can't see why one connects and one doesn't.
This has been a problem with 3 successive laptops and different broadband suppliers, and it always follows the same pattern.
The laptop connects every time without a problem at home and when I take it to friends' houses, but when it comes in to work, even though it finds a full strength signal coming from the router, it can never connect.
I try all the troubleshooting suggestions but nothing works, unless I plug the yellow ethernet cable in, but I need it work in different rooms to where the router is.
There is another laptop that stays at work that connects wirelessly every time, and though I have looked for differences in the WPA settings and everything else I can think of, I can't see why one connects and one doesn't.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.as hc4361 says, system probably blocks all but company-supplied resources from the network, which was the case where I am, and at the premises of our principal client. apparently to allow other devices to connect represents a large security risk. both have compromised and now offer a "guest" network which will accept outsiders, but without connecting them via the company's secure network.