Re: wierd disabled internet connection

2012-03-08 Thread Dana
well there's such a thing as a lease, but the default is 24 hours... I do frequently get that message about being connected but without having internet. Usually (I think) it's an expired lease, or at least, disconnecting and reconnecting does resolve the problem. This is an apartment building that

Re: wierd disabled internet connection

2012-03-08 Thread Dana
interesting idea. I'll check. Thanks. On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On my old dell laptop, "Fn+F2" would turn on/off the wireless. There was > also a little light on the system to tell me when I'd hit it. > > I wonder if there is some key combo tripping you up? >

Re: wierd disabled internet connection

2012-03-08 Thread Judah McAuley
It isn't quite the same thing but my laptop would lose internet connectivity regularly...but only at home. It just couldn't talk to the router any longer. And I could not find a rhyme or reason for it. The thing that I changed that ended up fixing it: I switched my WAP to a different channel. Sinc

Re: wierd disabled internet connection

2012-03-08 Thread Cameron Childress
On my old dell laptop, "Fn+F2" would turn on/off the wireless. There was also a little light on the system to tell me when I'd hit it. I wonder if there is some key combo tripping you up? -Cameron On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Dana wrote: > > Just wondering if this rings a bell for anyone.

wierd disabled internet connection

2012-03-08 Thread Dana
Just wondering if this rings a bell for anyone. I have had a couple of instances where I went from having an internet connection to having none, apparently without a change getting made to the computer, and apparently indeed a problem with my laptop. The first time, I was online doing some work,