Help with "Network Connections" please!?

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Hello, and thank you in advance for your helpful replies!

I use an Asus M50Sa laptop running Vista Home Premium (32 bit), I am pretty sure it is updated to the current version.

My problem: Under Network Connections, I must manually find and log in to my W-LAN router manually every time the computer starts or wakes up from "sleep" (including the times the lid is shut), thus also disconnecting me from online programs etc., although I have "Connect To This Network Automatically" checked. The very very bizare thing is: My computer will actually do this (I start it up or wake it up, it finds my network and connects to it automatically), but only once in every 150 or so starts! To me, that doesnt make sense, almost as if the computer were "moody" and not following causal laws of electromagnetics.

Sadly, I am not computer savvy, I am a real windows idiot, and I don't know what to do. All I want is for me to start the computer and for it to automatically find my W-LAN and log into it, like it does so rarely. I don't know if it is a windows problem or if there is some other software problem going on which blocks its automatic connection thingy.

Can anyone help me, or point me to the right place where I can find an answer, without having to read and understand lots of hacker stuff? I am really a computer idiot. Thank you very much in advance!

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Without having more details...we have to figure out if it's an issue with your laptop or your router.

Can you take your laptop and connect to another wireless network? Library, work, school, starbucks etc? If so, when you connect are you still experiencing the same issue when it goes into sleep mode? If yes, then something is wrong with the laptop. Either the wireless card is screwy or maybe some settings arent right. If you dont experience the same issue, then it's obviously your router at home. Another way to test which might be less practical is testing another laptop w/ your wireless router. See if it displays the same problems.

I know this doesnt solve your problem but it will point us in the right direction! Good luck!

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Oh hey thank you for that reply! Sadly, the results seem to be just as irregular when I try to "test". Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I think maybe there is some Asus security thing that is acting irregularly -- 95% of the time it will not let me connect, 5% it will. I cannot figure it out. Can I supply any other details, what could they be? Thank you so much

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