WiFi Configuration & Troubleshooting
Configuration Help for Different Operating Systems
Make sure your wireless is enabled
There is a wireless button or on off switch somewhere on your laptop. For HP, it's usually a button dead center above the keyboard area, with a bright blue LED that's lit when the wireless is enabled. Sometimes, it's a slide switch on the front left of the laptop.
Windows 98
1. From Control Panel, select Network
2. Locate the TCP/IP protocol and select Properties (if more than one TCP/IP protocol is listed, look for the one associated with your wireless adapter)
3. For IP Address, select Obtain an IP address automatically
4. For DNS, select Disable DNS
5. For WINS, select Use DHCP for WINS Resolution
Windows 2000 & XP
You may need administrative access to your laptop to change these settings.
1. From Control Panel, select Network and Dial-up Connections or Network and Internet Connections > Internet Connections
2. Right click Wireless Network Connection or Local Area Connection; select Properties
3. Locate the TCP/IP protocol and select Properties (if more than one TCP/IP protocol is listed, look for the one associated with your wireless adapter)
4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically
5. For XP, right click Wireless Network Connection and select View Available Wireless Networks
6. Select the name of a wireless network library and click Connect
Windows Vista
1. Click on round windows logo (old start button)
2. Select "connect to" on right hand panel in the "connect to a network" box
3. Select "a network to connect to"
4. Select "shrlpnet"
5. Click connect
or
1. Double click on "shrlpnet"
2. Window informs ""shrlpnet is an unsecured network"
3. Click on "Connect Anyway"
4. Do not check "Save this network"
5. click close
6. Open browser (internet explorer)
Macintosh OS 8 & 9
1. Select Apple Menu > Control Panel > TCP/IP
2. Connect via AirPort or other wireless (WiFi) Ethernet
3. Configure Using DHCP Server
4. Leave Name Server and Additional Search domains blank
Macintosh OS X
1. Select Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network button
2. Select TCP/IP tab and configure Using DHCP (above the TCP/IP tab, you may need to configure via AirPort or other wireless (WiFi) Ethernet)
3. Leave Domain Name Servers and Search Domains blank