Networking & Wi-Fi

[#1]

even at a hotspot where nobody else had trouble. Laptop, my 1st, is brand new. Is there something I'm supposed to do first, besides turn it on & try to connect via Internet Explorer? Please don't assume any suggestion is so simple it'll be insulting, as I don't know much. (I did finally turn on the wireless antenna switch.) I'd appreciate any help.

[#2]

Satellite A505-S6980 

See the section Wireless networking problems beginning on p. 198 of the User's Guide.

   Satellite A500 Series User's Guide

And this MIcrosoft article.

   Troubleshoot problems finding wireless networks

[#3]

been talking with the toshiba tech rep as my friend is having the same problem described by you.  apparently there is a motherboard or other hardware problem with this model.

If your lappy is less than 14days old id suggest you return it NOW, as my friend has sent it in for the second time for this problem.

[#4]

Hi, I'm having the same problem with my A505-S6980.

I checked the links posted, but they all contain very general information (is the adapter on? Is the router plugged in?), all of which I have already tried.

Here's my situation:

* Up until this morning I could connect to pretty much any wireless network

* Suddenly, the network I was connected to, stopped responding

* Resetting a) the adapter, b) the computer had no effect

* Other laptops around can still correctly connect the same network

** If I reboot into Ubuntu, I can correctly connect to that same network (and am posting this from Ubuntu)

* Rebooting into Windows (7, 64-bit) I still can't connect to the network

Suggestions?

[#5]

Can you connect using an Ethernet cable?

If not, then Windows is messed up. And we will look there.