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wireless capability turned off
My Inspiron 1750 runs Window 7 with Dell wireless 1397 WLAN mini card installed. It suddenly now cannot get internet nor network connection. The troubleshooting says WIRELESS CAPABILITY TURNED OFF. How can I turn it on and keep it always on?
PudgyOne
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July 1st, 2012 12:00
hoholulo,
In addition to what Elijah stated...
Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.
Then click on the advanced tab and look to see if this adapter has antenna diversity. If it does, then change it from Auto to Aux.
Restart your computer and try to connect.
Rick
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June 30th, 2012 23:00
Hi,
Welcome to the community
In Inspiron 1750, to disable/enable wireless you need to press F2 on the keyboard. To know the status of the Wireless card, you can go to start>control panel>network connection. It will stay on, unless you accidentally press the F2 button while typing or doing something in your computer.
Regards,
jbswifey7309
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October 22nd, 2012 09:00
i have the same problem but the f2 button is not working! what else could i do?
PudgyOne
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October 22nd, 2012 10:00
jbswifey7309,
Go to Drivers & Downloads enter your service tag, then select your operating system. Under applications, download and install Dell QuickSet
Rick
akshaygodkhindi
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August 11th, 2013 04:00
Thanks it helped me a lot.
Motion_man1
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January 22nd, 2016 06:00
Rockstar Rick you just made my day sir.
KVan49
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June 7th, 2016 20:00
OMG, thank you so much! We had taken our laptop with us on vacation and had connected to the campground wifi. When we got back home, the laptop would no longer connect to our home internet wifi. This solved our problem and it was so simple but I never would have known to press F2.
THANK YOU!
Kathy Van
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December 1st, 2016 23:00
Dear Rick
I have done follow your all suggestions but my wireless still off and can not turn on. I can't even press the button. Eventhough I have installed all operation drivers from Dell website.
BTW, I use Dell Latitude E5430 windows 7.
Thank you for your response in advance.
Best Regards,
Issara Khuan
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December 5th, 2016 12:00
Issara,
Did you install the drivers in the correct order, if this was a clean installation?
How to Download and Install Drivers in the Correct Order
Chipset drivers FIRST. The chipset drivers help to determine what is attached to your system.
Dell Control Point controls the wireless adapter, similar to Dell Quickset does on other models.
Rick
Issara Khuan
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December 8th, 2016 23:00
Thank you Rick!
Naeshia26
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June 17th, 2017 13:00
Thank u.. this really worked for my mom's computer
Doublejoy
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March 12th, 2018 11:00
How do I get to Drivers and Download? I use Dell Inspiring N5040.
Doublejoy
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March 12th, 2018 12:00
How do I locate Drivers and download? I use Dell Inspiring N5040
adamfrank38
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October 26th, 2019 23:00
how do i follow the instructions above re download Dell Quickset App onto my Dell computer when I cannot use that Dell computer to connect to internet? I am writing to you from a different computer -- do i download the Quickset on this internet-working computer for the purposes of fixing the other non-internet-working computer?
Adam
anxman
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November 6th, 2019 14:00
I have del latitude 6320 and the WiFi is not working. It cannot see available wifi. My operating system is windows 10. I could not find it on the download page, because it skipped windows 10.
Is there any advice or solution to this issue?