Wireless Network?

I'm on my laptop at my moms house- and obviously i am connected to her wireless network.. however i'm having some problems I can't figure out. First of all, I'm connected to the wireless network, but if i click "show available wireless connections" it doesn't ever show up. Second, my computer drops/loses the connection every 10 or 15 minutes and the only way i've gotten it to reconnect without restarting is to right click the wireless network icon and select "repair" and then it will connect me again- even though i get a message that says, "repair failed- no wireless networks available to connect to" what the heck is going on? This is bugging me and I cannot figure it out!

Wireless Network?
The "show available" thing ... it won't show up if the "broadcast SSID" setting is turned off in her wireless router. That's actually a GOOD THING(tm) because it helps reduce the wifi's visibility to drive-by hackers, your mom's neighbors, etc.





The 10 or 15 minute timeout is most likely a configuration issue -- either on your PC or in your mom's wifi router. Either can be set with a timeout.





The router is probably assigning you an IP address using DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol). That address is "leased" to you -- that is, assigned to your computer for some limited amount of time. It might be set to 10 or 15 minutes. "Repairing" the connection "renews the lease" (or requests a new one).





Or the timeout could be in your internet configuration. Check the configuration settings on your network connection. (Look in the Control Panel for network settings. Look also for any icon specific to your wifi "card" in your laptop.)





Good luck!
Reply:Sounds like the SSID is not published. You would get the same effect of the repair if you disable and re-enable your wireless card or you can copy and paste this into notepad and rename the file from .txt to .bat and it will release and renew your IP address





ipconfig /release


pause


ipconfig /renew


pause


exit





You also just open a command prompt and type that in and it will do the same thing. The pauses are there so that it will prompt you to press any key so you can see what it is doing.
Reply:1-check if you have malware, adware, trojan or virus etc. in your system


2-if not get to at tech forum and get into their wifi topics and check or ask from them


3- go to your computer dealer and ask if they have technical guys who can install wireless setups and ask him your concern


4-track down who makes your mom's wireless setup and ask how you can connect your gig to your mom's house