Laptop stopped connecting to home wifi

[bubu_bubu]

hello!

my laptop stopped connecting to the home wifi after the power went off, but my iphone and ipad have no problem. i had this problem before with my laptop but managed to fix it with a driver reinstall, but this time no matter what i do it just refuses to connect. i know android has wifi tethering through usb, but i lack an android phone.

is there a way to make my laptop s network card "forget" the wifi home connection, so that i could try and connect to it like it s the first time? or is there a way to reset the newtwork card?

also, i saw in another thread that someone suggested using an "usb wifi dongle". could someone explain to me pls what exactly is that thing and if it could resolve my situation?

 

[HpiBmx Jackson]

what os is your lop top running? windows or mac?

 

[bubu_bubu]

windows 7

 

[HpiBmx Jackson]

windows 7

just head on to networks and sharing center< Manage wireless networks on the left side bar at top,

then find your home wifi and remove it.

 

[bubu_bubu]

i went there and the list is empty

 

[iNonEntity]

This happens to my crap router all the time. Unplug it and hold the reset button for like 10 seconds. Plug it back in and try to reconnect

 

[bubu_bubu]

did this already ... unpluged, reseted ... everything. nothing works( i still think it s a network card problem. it "memorised" the home wifi with this problem

will using an usb wifi work? do i have to disable the laptop s network card before plugging the usb?

 

[bubu_bubu]

?

 

[iNonEntity]

Yes you can use a usb wifi card, no you don't need to uninstall your laptop network card

 

[bubu_bubu]

Yes you can use a usb wifi card, no you don't need to uninstall your laptop network card

not even disabling it?

 

[iNonEntity]

Yes
Unless your laptop is different from the three I had

 

[bubu_bubu]

Yes
Unless your laptop is different from the three I had

how would that work if say my network card wouldn t have the problem it has?

 

[iNonEntity]

If the network card isn't the problem, it means your firewall or provider is crap, and that a usb wifi card won't do anything for you

 

[bubu_bubu]

If the network card isn't the problem, it means your firewall or provider is crap, and that a usb wifi card won't do anything for you

the network card and the internet provider are fine ... i think there s an incompatibility between the card and the wifi modem i don t have a firewall

i hope that the usb wifi will not have a problem connecting to the wifi modem ... i just don t understand how can i install an usb wifi without disabling the laptop s network card? won t they interfere with each other?

 

[iNonEntity]

The usb will act as an external network card, your computer only uses one at a time unless you do something to force it to use two