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Troubleshooting (Advanced)
Wireless Communication (only for model with wireless LAN/wireless WAN)
Cannot connect to a network. z Slide the wireless switch to turn on the wireless devices.
z Set the devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enabled] in the
[Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Î page 101).Restart the computer.
z Disable the Wireless Connection Disable Utility (Î page 78)
z Restart the computer.
Access point is not detected. z Shorten the distance between the computer and the access point, and try the
detection again.
z
Confirm the following settings:
• [Wireless LAN] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility
Confirm that [Wireless LAN] is set to [Enabled] (Î page 101).
• Wireless Switch
Slide the wireless switch to ON.
• Wireless Switch Utility
Confirm that Wireless LAN is ON (Î page 77).
<For model with Intel
®
Centrino
®
Advanced N-6205>
Confirm that / / is displayed on the notification area.
If / / is not displayed on the notification area, turn on the wireless
communication (Î page 76).
<For model with Atheros AR928X>
Confirm that / / / is displayed on the notification area.
If / / / is not displayed on the notification area, turn on the
wireless communication (Î page 76).
z This computer uses channels 1 through 11
*4
when using IEEE802.11b/g.
Check the channel being used by the access point.
*4
In the case of wireless communications, the frequency band being used can be divided
into segments, so that different communications can be conducted on each band
segment. A “Channel” refers to the individual frequency bandwidth divisions.