How to solve the problem if the Win8 laptop can't find the surrounding WiFi signal? The following small series will explain to you several solutions. Read the following, you can refer to the solution.
1. Win8 laptop problem
If there are multiple wireless signals nearby, and other laptops and mobile phones can search for these signals. And this Win8 laptop, a wireless signal can not be searched; it can be judged that this Win8 laptop has a problem.
1, Win8 laptop wireless function is not enabled
Some Win8 laptops, there is a wireless switch, you need to open this wireless switch, enable the wireless function on the Win8 laptop, enable the ability to search for WiFi signals .
Important note:
Win8 laptops of different brands and models, the wireless function is opened and closed differently. Please refer to the instruction manual of the notebook for the specific activation method; or the brand name + model of Baidu laptop + Wireless function enable method.
2, Win8 laptop wireless network card driver problem
If the Win8 laptop wireless network card driver has problems, it will cause the wireless network card can not work properly, there will be no search for any WiFi signal. Therefore, please check if there is any problem with the driver of the wireless network card in the Win8 laptop.
(1) Right click on Win8 "Start” button icon ——>Select: Device Manager;
(2) After opening, if in <quo;network adapter” Or under the "Other devices" option, the WLAN has a yellow exclamation mark, which can basically determine the wireless network card driver problem.
If you don't know how to detect it, you can download a “Drive Life” or “Driver Wizard”, install it on your Win8 laptop, and then run this software to automatically detect if the driver on your computer has problem.
3, wireless network card is disabled
If the wireless network card on the Win8 laptop is disabled, this time there will be no problem searching for any wifi signal.
So, please check your Win8 laptop, is the wireless network card disabled? If it has been disabled, please right click on “W”, then select: Enable, as shown below:
Second, wireless router related settings
If Win8 laptops and mobile phones and other wireless devices You can search for other WiFi signals and cannot search for a specific WiFi signal. Such problems are mostly caused by problems in the related settings in the wireless router, which are described in detail below.
1, hidden WiFi signal
wireless router can set the hidden wifi signal, hidden wifi signal, laptop, mobile phone, tablet and other wireless devices, can not search this wifi signal.
Tips:
Under the router's "Wireless Settings" option, find the "Enable wireless broadcast" or "Open SSID broadcast" option. If this option is off, the router settings are hidden. Wifi signal;
Please ensure that the "Enable wireless broadcast" or "Open SSID broadcast" option is enabled.
2, WiFi name is Chinese
Some Win8 laptop wireless network card, does not support Chinese, or is not friendly to Chinese support, there will be problems with the search for Chinese name WiFi signal.
So, if the name of the WiFi signal in your router is Chinese, please change it to letters and numbers; after modification, your Win8 laptop can search for this WiFi signal.
3, & ldquo; channel & rdquo; problem
under the wireless router's "wireless settings" option, there is a "channel" option, "channel" has 1-13 or These values are 1-11, which by default are a value automatically selected by the router. Sometimes the channel settings are not reasonable, it will also cause Win8 laptops, the problem of not finding the WiFi signal.
So, if you have checked the previous aspects, there is no problem, it may be caused by the unreasonable setting of the channel in the router. Please log in to the router's settings page, find the "channel" option, manually select a value, as shown below:
4, other problems
Remarks: Xiaobian recommended to restore this wireless router Factory settings, then reset the router to the Internet, reset the wifi name and wifi password.
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The above is a variety of ways to solve the Win8 laptop can not find the surrounding WiFi signal, if you still can not find the router's wifi signal, you can follow the above methods to check the settings!