Connecting to wifi manually?

[Gwilson10plus]

Can someone walk me through how to connect my laptop to my wifi connection manually? I've tried many that I've found online but when I connect it says I don't have connection so I'm obviously doing something wrong.

I need to manually connect to the wifi IP address because it may fix a problem that I'm having. I can connect to the wifi but after 5-10 minutes, then the wifi icon turns into the computer with the red x and says "Not connected - No connections are available". It seems the only way for me to connect back to any wifi is to restart my laptop then it starts over.

 

[viveknayyar007]

Hello Gwilson10plus

You can assign IP address to your computer manually to connect to your Wi-Fi router. Since the manually assigned IP address will be permanent, it would be unlikely that the PC would disconnect any further.

For automatic disconnection, you can check the settings of your Wi-Fi router, and increase the lease time for which the IP addresses are assigned to the nodes. Generally, the lease time is for 24 hours. If your router has any less duration, increasing it might help.

If none of the above solutions work, try updating the NIC driver on your PC and see if that helps.

Cheers!!

 

[Gwilson10plus]

Hello Gwilson10plus

You can assign IP address to your computer manually to connect to your Wi-Fi router. Since the manually assigned IP address will be permanent, it would be unlikely that the PC would disconnect any further.

For automatic disconnection, you can check the settings of your Wi-Fi router, and increase the lease time for which the IP addresses are assigned to the nodes. Generally, the lease time is for 24 hours. If your router has any less duration, increasing it might help.

If none of the above solutions work, try updating the NIC driver on your PC and see if that helps.

Cheers!!

Can you do a step by step guide on how to assign the IP address?

 

[viveknayyar007]

Hello Gwilson10plus

You can assign IP address to your computer manually to connect to your Wi-Fi router. Since the manually assigned IP address will be permanent, it would be unlikely that the PC would disconnect any further.

For automatic disconnection, you can check the settings of your Wi-Fi router, and increase the lease time for which the IP addresses are assigned to the nodes. Generally, the lease time is for 24 hours. If your router has any less duration, increasing it might help.

If none of the above solutions work, try updating the NIC driver on your PC and see if that helps.

Cheers!!

Can you do a step by step guide on how to assign the IP address?

Hello again Gwilson10plus

To do this, first you must know the IP addressing scheme your Wi-Fi router follows. A simple way is:

> Right-click the Start button.

> Go to Command Prompt.

> Type IPCONFIG /ALL.

> Check the numbers next to the IPv4 Address and Subnet Mask fields of your Wi-Fi adapter. (IPv4 Address should be something like 192.168.0.2 and Subnet Mask should be something like 255.255.255.0.) This is the IP address your Wi-Fi router has assigned to your PC automatically.

> Also note the DNS Server and Default Gateway addresses as you will need them to connect to the Internet.

> Minimize the command window.

> Right-click the Start button again and go to Network Connections.

> In the Network Connections window, right-click your wireless NIC and go to Properties.

> From the list of options in the Properties box, double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).

> Click to select the Use the following IP address radio button in the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties box.

> Populate the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, Preferred DNS server, and Alternate DNS server fields with the values you noted from the command window.

> Click OK to save the changes.

Cheers!!

 

[Gwilson10plus]

Hello Gwilson10plus

You can assign IP address to your computer manually to connect to your Wi-Fi router. Since the manually assigned IP address will be permanent, it would be unlikely that the PC would disconnect any further.

For automatic disconnection, you can check the settings of your Wi-Fi router, and increase the lease time for which the IP addresses are assigned to the nodes. Generally, the lease time is for 24 hours. If your router has any less duration, increasing it might help.

If none of the above solutions work, try updating the NIC driver on your PC and see if that helps.

Cheers!!

Can you do a step by step guide on how to assign the IP address?

Hello again Gwilson10plus

To do this, first you must know the IP addressing scheme your Wi-Fi router follows. A simple way is:

> Right-click the Start button.

> Go to Command Prompt.

> Type IPCONFIG /ALL.

> Check the numbers next to the IPv4 Address and Subnet Mask fields of your Wi-Fi adapter. (IPv4 Address should be something like 192.168.0.2 and Subnet Mask should be something like 255.255.255.0.) This is the IP address your Wi-Fi router has assigned to your PC automatically.

> Also note the DNS Server and Default Gateway addresses as you will need them to connect to the Internet.

> Minimize the command window.

> Right-click the Start button again and go to Network Connections.

> In the Network Connections window, right-click your wireless NIC and go to Properties.

> From the list of options in the Properties box, double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).

> Click to select the Use the following IP address radio button in the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties box.

> Populate the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, Preferred DNS server, and Alternate DNS server fields with the values you noted from the command window.

> Click OK to save the changes.

Cheers!!

Thanks for the very clear instructions. I was able to do it the first time. I was able to stay about 20 minutes instead of the normal 5-10 minutes then It disconnected me and does the same thing "Not connected - No connections are available". Also note that before it gives me the icon with the red x it first gives me a 1 bar signal icon then shortly changes to wifi signal with the yellow exclamation mark then it gives me the red x icon. It kinda seems like my internet is limited and once it hits a certain amount it just quits. Are there any options within the Wi-Fi Properties (where I go to manually input the IP) that should be selected/unselected?

Also, do you know anything about wireless USB NICs. I'm thinking that it could fix my problem, but the only concern is that I don't know how it works. If you know anything about them then is it like a total different NIC than the one inside the laptop?
Thank you for your help.