Might be one for the Microsoft forums this one, but I'll try here first.
I'm running an HP Pavilion laptop and a Dell Inspiron PC, both wireless on my home network.
The PC is on Windows 7, the laptop on 8.1.
I have few if any problems with the internet connection on the PC, even though there are a couple of brick walls between it and the router. By contrast, the laptop is normally used within six feet of the router and in the same room, and yet I regularly get a "This page cannot be displayed" message when I try to open webpages, and although displays and diagnostics tell me that I DO have an internet connection, I also regularly suffer from a "You do not have an internet connection" message. When I do load pages they are almost always infuriatingly slow on the laptop, but much quicker on the PC, which is also wireless.
Short of hardwiring the lappy to the router by Ethernet cable and giving up the fight, can anyone suggest a solution to the apparent inability of the laptop to maintain a wireless connection?
I've run a speed test and although not brilliant, the connection is certainly good enough for bog standard browsing.
Ta.
I'm running an HP Pavilion laptop and a Dell Inspiron PC, both wireless on my home network.
The PC is on Windows 7, the laptop on 8.1.
I have few if any problems with the internet connection on the PC, even though there are a couple of brick walls between it and the router. By contrast, the laptop is normally used within six feet of the router and in the same room, and yet I regularly get a "This page cannot be displayed" message when I try to open webpages, and although displays and diagnostics tell me that I DO have an internet connection, I also regularly suffer from a "You do not have an internet connection" message. When I do load pages they are almost always infuriatingly slow on the laptop, but much quicker on the PC, which is also wireless.
Short of hardwiring the lappy to the router by Ethernet cable and giving up the fight, can anyone suggest a solution to the apparent inability of the laptop to maintain a wireless connection?
I've run a speed test and although not brilliant, the connection is certainly good enough for bog standard browsing.
Ta.