I have an open WiFi network that I use in my apartment (provided by my realtor). The network shows up on my phone's WiFi and works smoothly but doesn't show up on my laptop. I have Windows 7 and Linux Mint 16 installed on my laptop and the WiFi network doesn't show up on either. However, the WiFi network does show up on my roommate's Macbook Air.
Could this be a problem with my WiFi network card? Or could it be related to something else? I'm not really sure what to Google so I thought I'd post here.
54 Answers
A possible problem as that your phone and your friend's MacBook can access 5GHz networks, while your laptop, which sounds quite old, only can access 2.4GHz networks. Possible solutions are:
- Get a new computer
- Get a external wireless card that supports 5GHz networks.
Probably time to get an upgrade.
Update your WiFi driver and then check if it works and if it doesn't work go to Control Panel and then Network and Internet and then click on Network and sharing Center and then set up a new connection or network.
That issue occurs when Linux and Windows are installed for dual boot.Try running ubuntu first and enable wifi incase it is switched off.Then run Windows and it would work fine.
Install device driver software from manufacture site. In most cases wifi cards works well in linux with drivers installed by default. Since it is not working with linux either then your device might be not working. You can also try to unplug wifi and replug it.
