Toshiba Qosmio X300 Series User Manual page 185

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The Windows
facility does not work.
If you are using an external Wi-Fi
adapter, or other variety), check if the adapter comes with its own
management utility. If it does, the utility may be disabling the
Windows
case you must use the adapter's management utility. If the
documentation that accompanies the adapter does not provide
enough information to determine if this is the case, contact that
vendor's support group for further advice.
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3 At the top-left of the Start menu, click
command prompt.
4 Enter
IPCONFIG /ALL
The IP address for each active network adapter will be
displayed.
Connect your computer directly to your router or broadband
modem, by plugging a standard CAT5 Ethernet patch cable
(sold separately) into your computer's RJ45 Ethernet port. If
your connection problem disappears, the problem lies in the
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Wi-Fi part of your network.
Use the PING command to verify a connection to the gateway
at 192.168.1.1 (a default gateway for most wireless routers).
1 Click Start to open the Start menu.
2 Type Cmd in the search field.
3 At the top-left of the Start menu, click
4 Enter
PING 192.168.1.1
.
Enter
5 If "Request Timed Out" or another error message appears
in response, then the problem is probably Wi-Fi
If you have enabled any security provisions (closed system,
MAC address filtering, Wired Equivalent Privacy [WEP], etc.),
check the access point vendor's Web site for recent firmware
upgrades. Problems with WEP keys, in particular, are
frequently addressed in new firmware releases.
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operating system wireless management
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operating system wireless management facility, in which
If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
and press
Enter
at the command prompt, and press
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adapter (an ExpressCard
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to open the
cmd.exe
.
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cmd.exe
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