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Posted by on January 31, 2006, 11:20 am
Please log in for more thread options Hi. I recently bought 2 identical laptops for me and my brother. My brother lives in NY and I live in Philly. They are Toshiba Satellite m45's. So we bought them before Christmas and its a few days past the return policy for Circuit City so I've come here in hope some one had the same problem or someone knows what else to do. The problem lies in the wireless connectivity of the laptop. The laptop will initially connect wireless to my network in Philly but every 10-15 minutes a display comes up saying "limited or no connectivity." Now I originally thought it was just my laptop and I bought a defected unit or something. But I talked to my brother yesterday and he said the same thing has been happening to him. Now at my Philly house, my roommates use their laptops on the network and they never had this happen to them. Both in NY and Philly, we have Linksys 54g routers. I've already went through troubleshooting with both Linksys and Toshiba. I am supposed to call Toshiba corporate today to complain and hopefully get a new one or something. But what still bothers me is that my brother and I both have the same laptops and the same problems. So with that said, can anyone help me out? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John Navas on January 31, 2006, 1:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options [POSTED TO alt.internet.wireless - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] 08:20:04 -0800, DominickTotino@gmail.com wrote: Sounds like radio frequency interference. See the FAQ below. -- Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless>
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Posted by Jack \(MVP-Networking\). on January 31, 2006, 2:49 pm
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Hi I had similar issue with Toshiba Laptop that I bought for a family member few weeks ago. In my case, it had to do with the multiple "Junk" that the Toshiba engineers decided to load at Windows Startup. Many applications that are loaded at Startup (in big part is just a marketing ploy) including few that are related to the Wireless Management. It might be that they end up "confusing" the Wireless connection. I cleaned the Startup from all the entries that are not needed for the basic operation of Windows and configured manually the Wireless. After manuall configuration, I switched off the wireless utilities and I use Windows Zero Configuration. It is working well since then. If you are Not comfortable with removing entries, this might help in dealing with StartUp. Jack (MVP-Networking). P.S. I am sorry that my answer is a general one. I cannot give you a detailed list of the "Alleged Junk" application since I do not have this Laptop with me any more. > Hi. I recently bought 2 identical laptops for me and my brother. My
> brother lives in NY and I live in Philly. They are Toshiba Satellite > m45's. So we bought them before Christmas and its a few days past the > return policy for Circuit City so I've come here in hope some one had > the same problem or someone knows what else to do. > > The problem lies in the wireless connectivity of the laptop. The laptop > will initially connect wireless to my network in Philly but every 10-15 > minutes a display comes up saying "limited or no connectivity." Now I > originally thought it was just my laptop and I bought a defected unit > or something. But I talked to my brother yesterday and he said the same > thing has been happening to him. Now at my Philly house, my roommates > use their laptops on the network and they never had this happen to > them. Both in NY and Philly, we have Linksys 54g routers. I've already > went through troubleshooting with both Linksys and Toshiba. I am > supposed to call Toshiba corporate today to complain and hopefully get > a new one or something. But what still bothers me is that my brother > and I both have the same laptops and the same problems. So with that > said, can anyone help me out? > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on February 1, 2006, 11:59 am
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I hate Toshiba for putting all that crap on their computers. The first thing I thought of was what you just said, but I never deleted anything. I talked to toshiba yesterday and i did a system restore, but that didn't work. If anyone has more info on what programs to uninstall, i'd appreciate it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by George on February 1, 2006, 12:09 pm
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Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote: > Hi
> > I had similar issue with Toshiba Laptop that I bought for a family member > few weeks ago. > > In my case, it had to do with the multiple "Junk" that the Toshiba engineers > decided to load at Windows Startup. Many applications that are loaded at > Startup (in big part is just a marketing ploy) including few that are > related to the Wireless Management. It might be that they end up > "confusing" the Wireless connection. I can assure you the decision to include that stuff wasn't a technical one. >
> I cleaned the Startup from all the entries that are not needed for the basic > operation of Windows and configured manually the Wireless. After manuall > configuration, I switched off the wireless utilities and I use Windows Zero > Configuration. > > It is working well since then. > > If you are Not comfortable with removing entries, this might help in dealing > with StartUp. > > Jack (MVP-Networking). > > P.S. I am sorry that my answer is a general one. I cannot give you a > detailed list of the "Alleged Junk" application since I do not have this > Laptop with me any more. > > > > > > >>Hi. I recently bought 2 identical laptops for me and my brother. My
>>brother lives in NY and I live in Philly. They are Toshiba Satellite >>m45's. So we bought them before Christmas and its a few days past the >>return policy for Circuit City so I've come here in hope some one had >>the same problem or someone knows what else to do. >> >>The problem lies in the wireless connectivity of the laptop. The laptop >>will initially connect wireless to my network in Philly but every 10-15 >>minutes a display comes up saying "limited or no connectivity." Now I >>originally thought it was just my laptop and I bought a defected unit >>or something. But I talked to my brother yesterday and he said the same >>thing has been happening to him. Now at my Philly house, my roommates >>use their laptops on the network and they never had this happen to >>them. Both in NY and Philly, we have Linksys 54g routers. I've already >>went through troubleshooting with both Linksys and Toshiba. I am >>supposed to call Toshiba corporate today to complain and hopefully get >>a new one or something. But what still bothers me is that my brother >>and I both have the same laptops and the same problems. So with that >>said, can anyone help me out? >> >
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>brother lives in NY and I live in Philly. They are Toshiba Satellite
>m45's. So we bought them before Christmas and its a few days past the
>return policy for Circuit City so I've come here in hope some one had
>the same problem or someone knows what else to do.
>
>The problem lies in the wireless connectivity of the laptop. The laptop
>will initially connect wireless to my network in Philly but every 10-15
>minutes a display comes up saying "limited or no connectivity." Now I
>originally thought it was just my laptop and I bought a defected unit
>or something. But I talked to my brother yesterday and he said the same
>thing has been happening to him. Now at my Philly house, my roommates
>use their laptops on the network and they never had this happen to
>them. Both in NY and Philly, we have Linksys 54g routers. I've already
>went through troubleshooting with both Linksys and Toshiba. I am
>supposed to call Toshiba corporate today to complain and hopefully get
>a new one or something. But what still bothers me is that my brother
>and I both have the same laptops and the same problems. So with that
>said, can anyone help me out?