If you travel with a laptop computer and like to use wireless Internet at hotesl, coffee shops and libraries, it helps to know a simple troubleshooting technique or two for finicky wireless connections.
- Make sure your wireless access is enabled. Many laptops have a button or switch that shuts the wireless network off.
- Restart your computer. Many times, restarting the computer will allow the connection to happen.
- If still no connection, talk to someone in the building about your problem and ask them to restart their wireless router. If they aren't sure how, you can let them know that simply unplugging the power from the back of the router and then plugging it back in will do it. Takes about 20 seconds.
These three techniques will get you out of a jam more often than not and make you a happy wireless Internet traveler.
