i installed W7 on my m1530 and nearly all driver were installed.. at present no prob.. but my wifi catcher doesnt work
i dont want bloat the new OS with DELL softwares.. i havent installed anything from thier CD`s so far on this OS ( w7 )
is there way to make the wifi catcher button driver to work?
I got my s15 a few months ago. All was well except that I noticed my wifi catcher doesn't work properly. The manual says it should work like this:
Flashing white: Searching for networks
Solid white for 10 seconds and then turns off: Network found
Off (flashing white turns off after 10 blinks): No signal found
Also my catcher never even does '10 blinks' as above, it is always just 3.
When windows is running, the same button works and launches the available networks utility so the physical button works.
I've tried my catcher (always with laptop off) in numerous places including my own home (where my home wifi network is available) and coffee shops where there is a public hotspot. On numerous occassions I have gone into a coffee shop with the machine off. I've pressed the catcher and got
Flashing white: Searching for networks (well, 3 blinks)
Off (flashing white turns off after 10 (well, 3 in my case) blinks): No signal found
After this I've booted up and found / connected to a network straight away.
Last night I tried 'dell chat' with a support teccy and I got absolutely nowhere. Although they admitted that the catcher should work as I've said, they refused to accept mine wasn't working. They basically said they cannot help me.
I am looking for advice here if possible please folks. OK, so I know its not the end of the world but I hate having a feature on my laptop that does not work. I've effectively got a useless button that does nothing but flashes a pretty light 3 times when I press it.
I recently did a road trip in the US and booked my hotels as I went. The catcher would have been very useful here.
My suspicions with this are that it is either a) my laptop came with the higher
DELL WIRELESS 1510 (802.11N) card, or that its got 4gb of ram on vista 32 (home premium).
My g/f s inspiron's catcher works fine but she has the lower intel card.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I do about this? Really I think Dell should be fixing this as its one of the advertised features of the s15. I think I'd like to escalate this further but not sure who to speak to.
i just got my M4400 and from a first contact, i am very happy with it. i have a question about the WiFi Catcher.
it seems it does not recognize the wifi card (5300) although i am able to connect to the internet over wireless. when i press the button, a window that says radio is off appears.
Also in Dell Control Point it seems like there is no wifi connection in the DCP connection manager and all wifi related options are disabled. i can only see and use the dial up and ethernet connection in this software.
the wifi catcher stop working after i uninstalled the intel proset/wireless application. im just wondering if the wifi catcher is part of the intel proset apps?
i set windows xp to handle my wifi network and just installed the intel proset/wireless driver only.
i can still use the on and off button for wifi, but the other options are greyed out.
i think im missing a software here, but i dont have plans in reinstalling the intel proset application. is there any other dell utility that i can use?
Is there suppose to be lights on the Wi-Fi catcher button on the side of the laptop?
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The issue I'm experiencing is with the Internet connectivity, my Wi-Fi connectivity loses frequently and I get message saying "Limited Access", and gives me an option to reconnect it manually which is a bit disappointing. .
Rest all works pretty fine, I'm satisfied about it. Just this error, disappoints me.
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here is where I am getting my drivers from. here is where I am getting my drivers from.
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