Good wired Internet but no wifi?

asterisktom

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Why do I have a good wired, but no wifi, connection?

Background: I am a teacher in China. My school has given me an ancient WIndowsXP with a slow be reliable wired connection.

I used to also have a wifi connection with my TP-Link router I bought here. This required me to disconnect the Windows comp in order to use the router. (Only had one outlet).

A few weeks ago someone pulled the plug in the building, thinking I wasn't here. Since then power has been restored, along with wired connection. But since then I have had no wifi for my laptop.

Any ideas? Apparently the router is giving an "excellent" signal, but with "little or no connectivity".

What am I missing here?
 
Solution
go in to properties for the WIRED network adapter on the power management tab, uncheck “allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”.

The cause of this is the Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service. This service, enabled by default in Windows XP Service Pack 2, is designed to optimize the use of wireless network technology by constantly scanning for other wireless networks. This process has been known to cause clients to randomly drop their wireless connection. The best method for alleviating this problem is to use third party software to manage your wireless connection. This software will almost always be provided with the driver for the wireless card you are using. Once you have this software installed you will want...

silhouttejames

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go in to properties for the WIRED network adapter on the power management tab, uncheck “allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”.

The cause of this is the Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service. This service, enabled by default in Windows XP Service Pack 2, is designed to optimize the use of wireless network technology by constantly scanning for other wireless networks. This process has been known to cause clients to randomly drop their wireless connection. The best method for alleviating this problem is to use third party software to manage your wireless connection. This software will almost always be provided with the driver for the wireless card you are using. Once you have this software installed you will want to disable the WZC service to prevent it from loading at startup. http://router.iyogi.com/tp-link/tp-link-connection-problems.html

1. “Change advanced settings” in the Wireless Network Connection Dialog
2. In the tab “wireless”, select the network, and click advanced.
3. change some random setting
4. click OK and OK
5. Step 1 and 2 again
6. restore the random setting
 
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Pooneil

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Is the ancient XP computer the same as the laptop? From your post I am guessing it is not.

You will probably need to connect the laptop by Ethernet cable to a LAN port on your router. Log into the router and survey its settings to make sure they are correct.


I know it is not your direct question, but doesn't your router have several LAN ports on the back? Could you not just connect the computer to one of those and let the router do its "routing thing" to get the internet to both the computer and to WiFi.