How to connect Wi-Fi on a laptop

To connect wireless Internet to a portable device, it is necessary to perform several simple operations and if there are no system problems, then after such manipulations it will be connected. We will consider below how to connect Wi-Fi on a laptop depending on its brand, availability of drivers.

Wireless Internet connection to a laptop

The laptop does not automatically find a Wi-Fi network, in order to connect to the wireless Internet, you need to turn on the network search. In most cases, a special Fn key is provided for this, which activates the function. It is located at the top of the keyboard, separate from all the keys or in a row with the F buttons. If it is not there, then look at the side panels of the laptop, the button can be brought out there and represent a small toggle switch that needs to be switched. Usually, the toggle switch is installed on laptops of outdated models.

Wi-Fi connection may differ depending on the manufacturer and model of the gadget. The most common combination of keys for activating the Internet according to laptop models:

• To activate the wireless Internet network on the Asus, you need to press the FN+F2 key combination.

• Samsung gadgets have an Fn key, but sometimes it may not be enough to connect to Wi-Fi, so try pressing Fn+F9/F12.

  
  
  

• On Acer, it is recommended to press Fn+A3 simultaneously.

• Lenovo laptops also have an Fn button on the keyboard, but it is recommended to press it together with the F5 button. Some models of this brand are equipped with a special switch, which is marked with a picture of a transmitting antenna.

• TM HP laptops can be equipped with a touch button for connecting to the Internet, activated by pressing Fn+F12 simultaneously, there can be a separate switch on the end of the laptop.

After you have turned on the "antenna", which is configured to search for your Wi-Fi network, you can proceed directly to connecting your adapter to the gadget.

Connecting a laptop to a Wi-Fi network

Having connected the laptop to the Wi-Fi adapter, now it needs to be fully turned on. What you need to do for this:

1. Go to the Start panel and find the active line "Control Panel".

2. Clicking on it will open a large menu with various settings, in the first column click on "Network Control Center".

3. When you enter this menu, you will see that you do not have a network connection, to activate it, click on “Network Connection”.

4. If the network is locked, you need to enter a password.

5. If after these manipulations your laptop was not connected to the Internet, then click on the "Troubleshooting" tab, and the device will automatically try to fix the Internet.

6. You can also find this tab in the active "Local Area Connection" section. After clicking on it, a small menu with wireless network data will appear, at the bottom there will be a button "Diagnostics", which will also activate automatic debugging.

The connection may differ slightly depending on the operating system of the laptop, but the difference will not be very big from the step-by-step instructions.

Installing drivers for connecting to Wi-Fi

The laptop may not see the network adapter due to incorrect driver installation or incorrect selection. To check that this is the problem with the Internet, do the following:

1. Go to Start, then to "Control Panel".

2. In the "Control Panel" find the "Device Manager" line.

3. In Device Manager, select Network adapters.

4. The name of your Wi-Fi adapter will appear.

5. Click on it, a small menu will appear, where it says: "The adapter is working normally" when working normally.

6. If there are errors, click on the "Driver" tab in this menu window.

7. Select the "Update" line.

In just a few minutes, the drivers will be updated. If the reason for the connection problems was in them, then now the adapter should start working correctly.