philig
03-07-2012 11:10 AM (8 days ago)
Hi
Why does it take 10-15 minutes for my pavilion g7 to find my wireless wifi, I have a work HP laptop that finds my router aas soon as it has booted up
philg
Dragon-Fur
03-07-2012 01:41 PM (8 days ago)
Philig,
The short answer is:
something is wrong. It should take only seconds.
You will need login access to the router to complete a double check of all the settings and to reset everything. You must have administrator access to your computer to reset the Wireless Network setup. Other than that, it is pretty straight forward.
Here is the document to help you go through everything and check your settings:
Solve Setup and Internet Connection Issues on a Wireless Network with Windows 7 If you are not using Windows 7, jump to the bottom of the document to "See Also" where you find links to other OS options.
Where to look now: Event Viewer Logs:Depending on your level of expertise, you might be able to glean something from the Event Viewer logs. These are written in something just above programmers "Geek", that is, useless for most of us. The basic meaning alway comes across and you should get something from the wording.
Start > search / type > "
ev" >
Click on
Event ViewerOnce you open the Viewer, look in Windows logs... check the network logs and maybe the application logs...
Check your router... Try restarting it OR maybe resetting it. Be careful of this -
Restarting it is different from
RESETTING it. If you actually reset it, you'll have to reenter all the information. Maybe you should do so, just know what you are doing and be ready with your MAC addresses (if you are using MAC filtering) and such...
I hope this helps!
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