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Troubleshooting your wireless network

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Troubleshooting your wireless network The wireless network does not connect. If you ran the Windows XP Network setup wizard, your computer may be set up to use a bridge even if you do not need one. To remove the network bridge: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Network and Internet Connections. The Network and Internet Connections window opens. 2 Click/Double-click Network Connections. The Network Connections window opens. 3 Click to select the Network Bridge icon. 4 Click File, then click Delete. The Confirm Connection Delete dialog box opens. 5 Click Yes. When the bridge has been removed, it no longer appears in the Network Connections window. The wireless utility icon shows that your wireless network is off, but when you right-click the icon in the system tray and select "radio on" the wireless network does not turn on. ■ Press FN+F2 on the keyboard to turn the wireless network on. This hot key is the master on/off toggle. You turned the wireless network on, but it takes a while to connect. ■ When the wireless network is turned on, it automatically scans for available connections, which can take approximately 30 seconds to complete. www.gateway.com 135

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www.gateway.com
Troubleshooting your wireless
network
The wireless network does not connect.
If you ran the Windows XP Network setup wizard, your computer may
be set up to use a bridge even if you do not need one.
To remove the network bridge:
1
Click
Start
, then click
Control Panel
. The
Control Panel
window
opens. If your Control Panel is in Category View, click
Network
and Internet Connections
. The
Network and Internet Connections
window opens.
2
Click/Double-click
Network Connections
. The
Network
Connections
window opens.
3
Click to select the
Network Bridge
icon.
4
Click
File
, then click
Delete
. The
Confirm Connection Delete
dialog
box opens.
5
Click
Yes
. When the bridge has been removed, it no longer
appears in the
Network Connections
window.
The wireless utility icon shows that your wireless network is off, but
when you right-click the icon in the system tray and select “radio on”
the wireless network does not turn on.
■
Press
F
N
+F2
on the keyboard to turn the wireless network on. This
hot key is the master on/off toggle.
You turned the wireless network on, but it takes a while to connect.
■
When the wireless network is turned on, it automatically scans for
available connections, which can take approximately 30 seconds to
complete.