I was wondering if some smart techie out there could help. I apologize if
the information is too vague but my girlfriend has just left Canada to go
to Sao Paulo for two months to do some research. She has with her a Toshiba
Satellite laptop and all I know about it is that it is an Intel Core Duo
Processor with an 80 GB hard drive and built in wireless card and it is
around 1 year old.
The wireless internet worked fine when she left but since she arrived in
Brazil, she cannot connect to anything at all. She can see wireless
networks available and, even when given the network key, she still cannot
connect to them. I am fishing in the dark here as my technical knowledge
extends about as far as my little finger but, is there any setting that
needs to be changed to allow her to connect to a wireless network in Brazil
that would be different from Canada?
Also, again, and I know this is not the place but her friend who she is
staying with still has dial up. Is there anything I can do to get her
computer to successfully log onto that as well as she cannot connect to
that either.
Any help anyone can offer me would be greatly appreciated as my girlfriend
is starting to panic a little as she cannot do the work she is supposed to
be doing and so far, two people from a couple of internet cafes have not
been able to solve the problem because the laptop is in English.
posted on 26/5/08 at 19:59
