Nov
07
How do i get my laptop to connect to my wireless network?
Filed Under (Computer Networking) by admin on 07-11-2009
Tagged Under : Computers, Firewalls, Old Laptop
trc asked:
I’ve recently recieved a new laptop from work. I work from home sometimes and need to connect to the internet. My laptop shows that I’m connected to the internet, however I can’t get any pages to download. I’ve disabled the firewalls on the computers, but to no avail. My old laptop, I just plugged in wireless card and it connected fine. With the new laptop, It won’t. What am i missing? Thanks!
I’ve recently recieved a new laptop from work. I work from home sometimes and need to connect to the internet. My laptop shows that I’m connected to the internet, however I can’t get any pages to download. I’ve disabled the firewalls on the computers, but to no avail. My old laptop, I just plugged in wireless card and it connected fine. With the new laptop, It won’t. What am i missing? Thanks!
Your company may be using a proxy server, so for you to be able to connect to internet pages from home (once connected to your wireless) you need to turn off the proxy.
Go to internet explorer, Tools>>Internet Options>>Connections tab>>Lan Settings and unselect the proxy.
For you to be able to connect to your works network you may need to use a VPN to connect to the network and after that you can connect to the internet too, using the proxy server (so the box needs to be checked this time). You will need to get the VPN software from your company.
Hope this helps.