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I will describe all the ways I know to turn on a Wi-Fi network on a laptop (after all, everything that can be turned off and on can be turned on ?!) I will start with simpler and more common methods, then I will move on to more complex methods that units will need.
So, if you see taskbar icon turned off Wi-Fi (or do not see the icon at all), then this article is for you.
Enable Wi-Fi using the slider / button on the laptop case.
On many laptop models, to turn on Wi-Fi, you need to use the slider or a separate button to turn on Wi-Fi. Often this switch is located on the front end of the laptop.
The switch looks different, but has one function - turning the wireless network on and off.
To turn on Wi-Fi, simply move the slider to the On position.
How to turn on Wi-Fi using a keyboard shortcut.
If your laptop does not have sliders or separate Wi-Fi enable buttons, take a closer look at the keyboard, you can find the Wi-Fi icon on one of the function keys (F1-F12) on it.
It may be located on different buttons, it all depends on the manufacturer and model of the laptop.
In order to turn on Wi-Fi, you must press this key or use a keyboard shortcut
Consider the key combinations that are most commonly used in laptops from different manufacturers:
- Acer. We press the keys:
+ . - Asus. Combination
+ . - HP. Click here
+ . - Lenovo. Required buttons:
+ . - Samsung. Or
+ , or + . - Dell keyboard shortcut
+ or +
How to turn on Wi-Fi in Windows settings.
If these procedures did not help and you are still wondering How to turn on Wi-Fi on a laptop? you need to check if the wireless network connection is enabled in Windows settings. To do this, you need to go to the Network Control Center and public access. One way is to click right click mouse on network icon in the lower right corner of the screen and select "Network and Sharing Center".
Another way to use hotkeys
It does not matter which of the methods you used, the result will be the same - a window will appear on the monitor Network connections. Next, you need to find wireless connection right-click on it and select "Enable" (if the option Enable is not available, then wifi network included).
Enable Wi-Fi through Windows Device Manager.
If your Wi-Fi adapter is still not enabled, you need to check if it is enabled in the task manager. To do this, click the "Start" button, right-click "Computer" and select "Manage". Select Device Manager from the left menu.
Or press the keyboard shortcut
If the adapter icon is marked with a down arrow, then it is disabled, in order to enable it, right-click on it and select "Enable".
Update drivers for Wi-Fi.
Another reason for Wi-Fi not working may be - an inappropriate driver or its absence. In order to install correct driver, go to the website of the laptop manufacturer, find your model (it will be difficult to do this on some websites, you can write the laptop model in the comments, I will try to help you) and download the driver for the Wi-Fi network card for your operating system. After that, it will be enough to install the drivers, after rebooting the laptop, Wi-Fi should work.
It doesn't matter which way you turn it on wireless network, in the end you should see the Wi-Fi icon in the taskbar. When you click on it, you will see the Wi-Fi networks available for connection.
WiFi is used by almost all active people. But many people have a problem with turning it on on a new laptop. In fact, everything is very simple. In order for Wi-Fi to work on a home PC, you need to pay attention to 2 points.
Wi-Fi hardware enable
- There are laptops on which you first need to turn on the WiFi adapter using a special switch on the case. It usually looks like a slider.
- This option is present mainly on older generation models. On new laptops, the button has a standard look. It is very easy to understand that this is it. On it or above it is the corresponding picture of the wireless network.
- If there is no such button on your laptop, then you must use the keyboard to turn on the wireless Internet. Notice the F1 and F12 keys. Usually the WiFi icon can be found on the F5 button. To turn on WiFi, you need to simultaneously press the internal function call key - Fn and the corresponding button to turn on the adapter for the Internet.
- When using a USB adapter, the power button is built into the monoblock of the device. In this case wireless system always enabled by default.
Programmatic inclusion of wi-fi
Wifi not working on laptop? Then you have come to the right place.
There are quite a few reasons why a laptop cannot connect to a Wi-Fi network. This article will provide an algorithm for solving this problem, taking into account the frequency of possible causes.
Step 1: Diagnose the source of the problem
In case of an unsuccessful connection to the wireless network, the problem may not be in the client device at all (, netbook, ultrabook, etc.), but in the settings of the router.
To do this, you need to try to connect to a wireless network using any other device equipped with a Wi-Fi module - another laptop, netbook, tablet, smartphone, etc.
If you were able to connect to the wireless network, the problem is with your computer. If the connection fails, the problem is in the .
Step 2. Hardware enable laptop Wi-Fi module
So, based on the diagnostics that we ran in the previous step, it was determined that the connection problem occurred on one of the client devices of the wireless network.
As a rule, all laptops are equipped with indicator lights for the operation of the wireless module and have a specific key combination to turn it on.
Note! A glowing indicator indicates that the adapter is on. The absence of backlight indicates that the Wi-Fi adapter is turned off.
Most manufacturers place indicator lights on the front or one of the sides of the computer.
Less common is the location of indicators near the touchpad or on the monitor case.
On some HP models, the module status indicator light may be built into the power button on the keyboard.
To enable the Wi-Fi module, a key combination is used, which consists of a special Fn key and one of the system keys from F1 to F12.
Look carefully at the system (functional) keys and find the Wi-Fi connection icon on one of them.
On some older models, in particular, from the company, you can find a solution for turning on the Wi-Fi module in the form of a two-position switch.
Such a switch, as a rule, is located on one of the sides of the laptop or on its front side.
Below is a list of keys that you can use to enable / disable the Wi-Fi module on the most popular brands of laptops.
Acer: Fn+F3 
ASUS: Fn+F2
Dell: Fn + F2
Fujitsu: Fn + F5
Gigabyte: Fn + F2
HP: Fn+F12
After enabling the adapter hardware, connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, go to the next step.
Step 3. Programmatically enable the laptop's Wi-Fi module
In addition to the hardware enablement of the wireless adapter, which we dealt with in the previous paragraph, there is also software enablement, which is performed directly in the operating systeminstalled on the laptop.
To enable the wireless connection adapter in Windows 7, you must perform the following steps: on the notification panel (near the clock), select the Internet connection status icon "Network and Sharing Center".
In the left column, select "Change adapter settings".
In the list of connections, you need to pay attention to the indication of the item "Wireless network connection". If the adapter is disabled, it will not be highlighted.
To enable, right-click on the icon and select enable.
The color of the icon should change.
Now you need to pay attention to the notification bar area. In the first case, the laptop's Wi-Fi adapter is turned on, but there is no network to connect to (usually this is a router problem).
In the second option, the adapter is turned on and you need to find your network in the list of connections and connect.
After enabling the adapter programmatically, we try to connect to the . If the connection fails, go to the next step.
Step 4. Installing/reinstalling drivers for the Wi-Fi module
To check if the driver is installed, you need to right-click on the "My Computer" shortcut, which can be found either in the Start menu or on the Desktop, in context menu select the "Properties" item, in the left column of the window that opens, select the "Device Manager" menu.
In the window that opens, you need to find the "Network Adapters" menu and find the name of the wireless adapter, which contains part of the name "... Wireless Network Adapter" or "Wireless Network Adapter ...", where instead of "..." should be the name of your wireless adapter, for example, Atheros , Realtek, Qualcomm.
In our case, this is the Atheros Wireless Network Adapter. Right-click on it, select "Properties". In the menu that opens, you need to make sure that "The device is working properly."
Important! If you did not find the name in the "Network Adapters" menu, you need to install drivers. Drivers can be found on the disk that came with the laptop, or by searching the Internet.
Step 5: Troubleshoot connection problems in the router
In the first step of our article, we looked at how to determine with a high degree of probability possible cause which makes it impossible to establish a Wi-Fi connection.
Since there are quite a lot of routers, and even more firmware for them, in this paragraph, general recommendations will be given on how to fix the problem.
1. Try to reduce the distance between and the router. Try to ensure that there is a direct line of sight between devices and as little interference as possible (walls, partitions, ceilings, microwave ovens, radiotelephone bases, etc.).
What to do if Wi-Fi does not work on a laptop
Why is Wi-Fi not working on my laptop? You can find out by running system diagnostics. You will learn how to do this in the video below.
A wireless network has long been a familiar thing for many owners of computers and laptops. It is easy and convenient to use it. Internet access can be obtained anywhere in an apartment or office, but at the same time, kilometers of wires will not get in the way. You can access the Internet not only from a laptop, but also from a tablet or smartphone.
However, most users do not know how to solve even simple problems connected to the router and does not understand how to enable wireless on the laptop. When you lose access to the network, you do not need to immediately call technical support provider. First you need to figure out what caused the Internet outage: a computer or a service provider.
In some models, such as the MSI GT780, there is a touch panel above the keyboard that allows you to turn the wireless network on or off with one touch.
How to enable wireless on a laptop through the "Network Center"
There are cases when the Wi-Fi receiver is disabled by software and it is impossible to activate it using a button or a keyboard shortcut. How to enable wireless on a laptop (Lenovo, Asus or Acer - not so important) in such cases?
The user will need to right-click on the "Network" icon on the taskbar. Next, select "Network Control Center" from the list. In the window that opens, go to the page where you can change the adapter settings. Select a wireless network from the proposed list and enable it.
The connection will change color from gray to color, and after a while, the connection to the Internet will be established.
Enabling wireless communication through the "Device Manager"
You can programmatically activate the network adapter through the "Device Manager". As a rule, such shutdowns rarely happen, mainly during failures in the operating system.
To enable the Wi-Fi adapter through the "Device Manager", you must:
- Open the "Control Panel" tab.
- Select "Hardware and Sound" from the list.
- In the "Devices and Printers" group, click on "Device Manager".
- Expand the list of network adapters.
- Right-click on the one that contains the word Wireless and click "Enable".
In this way, you can enable the wireless network in hardware or software.
When a user purchases a laptop, of course he wants to use all the features that it provides. The topic of today's article, how to enable WiFi on a laptop in Windows 7 or 8, I chose for a reason. It would seem that there is nothing complicated here, but if you do not know some of the nuances, then this procedure will seem not so trivial.
Problems can arise and fortunately they are quickly and easily solved, you just need to know how. Just in this article, let's talk about some of the pitfalls that may arise when you turn on Wi Fi.
Is there wifi at all
First of all, we need to find out if your computer has or laptop wifi. Modern portable computers, laptops, netbooks, phones and other devices have Wi FI. You can check whether your device has one on Google, but I can assure you right away that if you purchased it a long time ago, then the built-in receiver simply may not be there.
When you search specifications your device, look for the Wi-Fi label of the same name. For example, the description of an Asus laptop:
Physical inclusion of Wi-Fi
Some laptops have a dedicated slider that needs to be moved to enable or disable Wi-Fi. To give you an idea of what I'm talking about now, look at the image:
Near it there may be inscriptions: "OFF" or "0" - turn off / off, as well as "On" or "1" - on / off. It is usually placed on the right or left of the laptop, and can also be on the front of it.
There are laptop models where, to enable or disable Wi-Fi, you need to click on the corresponding button, which is in the image below (button on the left):
Often, laptop manufacturers make this button illuminated: for example, when Wi-Fi is on, it is on, if it is turned off, then the laptop will not highlight this button.
Although this is not always the case, that is, this button is not highlighted when turned on, so you yourself must determine whether your Wi-Fi is turned on. To do this, pay attention to the indicators on the front of the laptop. If you turn on Wi-Fi, then the indicator that is responsible for this device should light up, thus making it clear to the user that you can now use it.
Function keys (Fn+)
On laptops from different manufacturers, this procedure is slightly different. Consider hot key combinations that may be in your laptop:
- Acer. We hold down the keys: "Fn + F3".
- Asus. The combination "Fn + F2".
- HP. Here we press "Fn + F12".
- Lenovo. Required buttons: "Fn + F5".
- Samsung. Either "Fn + F12" or "Fn + F9".
Above were listed ways to enable WiFi on the most popular laptop models. However, there is no guarantee that you have exactly one of these laptops.
The Fn button may simply be missing. Then carefully inspect all the keys on the keyboard. One of them should have an icon WiFi networks, press it and the network will turn on.
Below you can see what the Wi-Fi icon looks like:
In the screenshot you can see that on this laptop you need to press "Fn" + "F2".
Turn on Wi-Fi in Windows
If you did the methods described above, but you couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi, do the following: go to the Start menu - Control Panel - Network and Internet - Network and Sharing Center. On the left, click on the item: "Change adapter settings."
Right-click on: "Wireless Network Connection" and select "Enable".
If there is no such item, but there is “Disable”, then Wi-Fi is enabled in Windows.
After that, Wi-Fi should work, but if it didn’t help, or there was some kind of error, or there is no network with that name, the question arises: “How to enable WiFi on a laptop then?”. Read on!
If our laptop cannot automatically connect to the desired network, then the problem may lie in the fact that the signal receiver device is disabled in the device manager. Now I will show you how to fix this using Windows 7 as an example.
Go to the Start menu, right-click on Computer and select Properties.
In the window that opens, click "Device Manager" on the left.
From here you can see: what components are in the laptop, you can control - activate or disable the necessary device. We find the one in the name of which there is a word Wireless. Right-click on it and select "Enable".
By the way, if there is a yellow triangle with an exclamation point next to the service icon, this means that the laptop does not have a driver for this device. In this situation, use another device (computer, laptop, netbook, tablet, etc.) through which you download the Wi-Fi drivers, transfer them to the laptop and install them.
Other nuances of enabling Wi-Fi
Above, I described in detail how to enable WiFi on a laptop. But in order for you to see the full picture of how to enable and how to connect to Wi-Fi, strongly follow the link below, as in this article I talk about other nuances that may arise in your case. The article "" was written on a "live" example, so it will be extremely useful for you.
If you are not familiar with installing drivers, then we read: "". To find a driver, go to the official website of your laptop manufacturer, enter the model in the search for the site. Then look for the driver for Wireless in the list.
I do not rule out that users who read this article do not know the Wi-Fi password. If you do not know it, then you will not be able to enter a secure network. To find out how to view the password for Wi-Fi, I recommend reading: "". I also assume that some will ask about hacking, yes, you can hack, but I will not write about it.
Situations are different and you should not exclude the possibility when none of the above tips will help you. How to proceed then? Lucky for you, there is a third party software which you can safely use. Its meaning is that after installation, this program every time Windows startup will automatically turn on and, by pressing a certain combination of keys, perform certain actions. For example, turn on Bluetooth or WiFi.
There are a huge number of such utilities, I can cite SoftSwitch as an example. In addition to the above functions, she also knows how to turn on the camera and TouchScreen. For each of these functions, there is a certain combination of keyboard buttons that you can familiarize yourself with if you decide to download this creation of programmers. Find this program in Google will not be difficult for you, as it has a Free Soft license (free license). Download it, install it and enjoy!
And I have on this issue, perhaps, everything. Thanks for reading and I sincerely hope I helped you.
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