I received my 700m yesterday…nice notebook. The only other portable I’ve ever owned is an old Toshiba Libretto with a 5” screen. You can’t beat the portability of that Libretto, but the 700m is a nice step up.
This is also my first experience with Wi-Fi. I don’t have a wireless router for my desktop with cable modem, but I live in a high-rise apartment in NYC and so far have picked up anywhere from 3 to 10 unsecured wireless network signals in my apartment at any given time. The average signal strength has been about 2 “bars.”
Now I don’t know if it’s because I’m mooching a signal, or if it’s because I haven’t optimized my setting (I know NOTHING about Wi-Fi yet), but I’ve had little success at getting on-line. The signal will show “connected” and often show “good” strength (though most often “low”) but it’s hardly been good enough to fully load any website. In the lat 24 hours, there have been just a few minutes where it performed fast and flawlessly.
Other than “get your own router,” is there anything I need to know in order to ensure I’m getting a good signal? It’s a 700m with the Intel 2200 Wi-fi straight out of the box. All I’ve done so far is remove AOL and Earthlink and I activated McAfee.
TIA.
Tipsy
This is also my first experience with Wi-Fi. I don’t have a wireless router for my desktop with cable modem, but I live in a high-rise apartment in NYC and so far have picked up anywhere from 3 to 10 unsecured wireless network signals in my apartment at any given time. The average signal strength has been about 2 “bars.”
Now I don’t know if it’s because I’m mooching a signal, or if it’s because I haven’t optimized my setting (I know NOTHING about Wi-Fi yet), but I’ve had little success at getting on-line. The signal will show “connected” and often show “good” strength (though most often “low”) but it’s hardly been good enough to fully load any website. In the lat 24 hours, there have been just a few minutes where it performed fast and flawlessly.
Other than “get your own router,” is there anything I need to know in order to ensure I’m getting a good signal? It’s a 700m with the Intel 2200 Wi-fi straight out of the box. All I’ve done so far is remove AOL and Earthlink and I activated McAfee.
TIA.
Tipsy
