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Question

WiFi Won't Pick Up

by Mar 31, 2015 8:05AM PDT

Our laptop will not pick up our modem. If I plug an Ethernet cable into the side, however, it will connect and run fine. But as soon as you unplug it the Wifi won't do anything.

The WiFi symbol has a yellow circle on it or something.

There's a function key or something with the wifi symbol, but I've done tried that and it doesn't work.

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Wifi
by pgc3 Apr 1, 2015 12:21AM PDT

Laptop manufacturer? Server(ISP) and router/gateway being used? More information might help.....

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Too little detail.
by Forum moderator Mar 31, 2015 8:18AM PDT

I've seen this for some hundred reasons. Keep telling more. Some machines just have failed wifi cards. Some are machines folk reinstalled other than the stock OS.
Bob

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