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how do I connect the internet to my acer aspire one?

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burnsidegirlmfd2872 asked:


I got an acer aspire one laptop/notebook. I don’t know how to connect it to the internet. I have the cisco linksys wireless router. Do I need an adapter? Is this the wrong router? What do I need to do?

4 Comments »

  • pawdres2k3 said:

    Any wireless router will work. You just have to find the router’s signal on your computer (and sign in to the network potentially). Your laptop should have a built in wireless card. If it doesn’t, you won’t be able to wirelessly use the internet until you do.

    I’m assuming you are using Windows. Click Start at the bottom of the screen, the open your Control Panel. Select the category Network and Internet Connections. There should be a wireless network setup wizard in there, and will help guide you through the process of setting everything up.

    - 12 August 2009 at 8:55 pm
  • Chris H said:

    ok as it appears it does not have wifi,you could use a wireless dongle in a usb port to connect to your wireless router or use an ethernet cable from the back of the router if it has outlet sockets and into your pc

    - 14 August 2009 at 8:29 pm
  • manimal347@rocketmail.com said:

    It has built in fast Ethernet and 802.11g wireless, so you won’t need an adapter unless you use a dial-up modem or want to use a cellular service for anywhere Internet. What you need to do depends upon whether the machine runs Windows XP or Linpus Linux, but it shouldn’t vary much from any other machine you’ve set up on wireless.

    - 18 August 2009 at 5:25 am
  • Randall said:

    I had this problem too with my kid’s Aspire One (Linux). It happened after I borrowed it to use at a PTA meeting, and the battery ran out on me. Thanks for the solution. It’s all working now. Here are some detailed non-command line instruction for the same fix, for those of us who need it:

    This is to find and delete the networking folder:

    1. From the regular Aspire One options page, go to the Files panel
    2. Click on the triangle to see more icons
    3. Click on MyFiles, which opens a file manager window.
    4. In the menu bar, select View->Hidden files, to show a tick in the box. (Sorry, I’m translating from a German display, so the option names may not be spot on.)You should be in the “My Disk:///” directory.
    5. Find folder “gconf” and click on that
    6. Find folder “system” and click on that
    7. You should now see folder “networking” listed as one of the folders.
    8. DELETE IT! (Right click on the networking folder, and select option delete.)

    Okay, once you have recovered from the fear of deleting goodness-knows-what-file because you are just following some internet instructions, you have to re setup your wireless connection:

    1. Shut down all those windows, and go back to the regular Aspire One options page.
    2. Click “Settings” on the bottom right.
    3. Click icon for “Netwrok Center”. If this works, and a window pops up then it’s going well.
    4. Click on “New”, and follow the on screen instructions to connect and re-setup your WLAN or LAN.

    Oh, and do check that the little network switch near the bottom right of the keyboard is switched on. It should show an orange light.

    Hope this helps

    - 27 October 2009 at 4:29 am

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