Dell Laptop won't connect with wireless internet

[Thtwudbeme]

any suggestions?

[Ivan Sputnik]

1. If you have a home network, unplug everything

including the modem and router, and leave everything off for a few minutes. Then plug the computers back in, then the modem and router. This has worked for me. Sometimes things just need to be "reset" periodically.

[JanMichael]

2. Tried that...wasn't it

This is annoying-

[Crazy Guggenheim]

3. What are you stupid?. J/K. Is the encryption On or Off.

Is it connecting through a Router, Wireless Cable Modem, WAP, etc.?

[purr]

4. I have a dell laptop..

Mine I can turn on an off with hitting F2 & Fn at the same time.

[Guy Fawkes]

5. when you open up the wireless-network box...

(by double clicking the little icon in your task bar)
does it say, "cannot find any networks, wireless switch may be off"?

if so, look on your keyboard for a key with a little radio tower symbol on it. If the symbol is blue, hold the "fn" key and hit that button. Once.

[JanMichael]

6. No, but thank you....the little radio sucker is on

Thanks for answering though---I appreciate all answers!

[radwriter0555]

7. Does it need an external antennae? Sometimes the internal ones that come

with aren't strong enough.