Marvell TOPDOG PCI-Express 802.11n Wireless Here is some more information on the computer just in case: Would this be causing the issue? I should hope that N is backward compatible with the older b/g wireless routers.īasically, the wireless switch on the laptop is set to ON, and I also did the FN+F2 trick, and the blue wireless light is ON as well, so I've ruled that out. To give more information, as you can see this laptop has the new wireless-N technology, however, most wireless routers are still b/g based (like mine). Also, are there any devices anywhere in the Device Manager display with yellow ? or ! displayed? Are there any devices under Network adapters that have a red x displayed?ģ.
Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)Ģ. Marvell TOPDOG (TM) PCI-Express 802.11n Wireless (EC85) Under Network adapters, please tell me all the devices listed. Please respond to all the following steps.ġ. 'Hold the Windows key and press R, then type devmgmt.msc I'll answer the question already posted by johnwill: Basically, my sister's new laptop won't find wireless networks, however I was able to easily set up a dial-up connection. Saw another thread like this but it was already marked 'Solved' so I made my own.
