lose wireless after standby

[tomatoes210]

After I reformatted my hp laptop(a long time ago), I would lose wireless connection after standby. The light for wireless would not come up. However, it does return after I restart. I am not sure if there is some driver issue but is there anything I can do so that wireless connection remains available after standby? Preferably I do not need to reformat again.

 

[Devilpapaya]

Does the wireless connection still show up in the network connections after it comes back from standby?

 

[tomatoes210]

Does the wireless connection still show up in the network connections after it comes back from standby?

Nope.
The button for turning on and off the wireless does not work either. The wireless light stays off.

 

[corkyg]

My laptop wireless will turn off after long inactivity. There are two switches., One is a small hardware slide switch on the front edge. That is the Master switch. There is also a keyboard combo switch (Fn+F5) that brings up the On/Off menu. Both have to be on. It is the keyboard switch that needs to be reset after a long period of no usage.

Every brand probably has a different way of doing this. Mine is IBM/Lenovo (T60.) Check your User Manual.

There is a good reason for this - since the wireless function involves a radio transmiotter with antenna in the laptop lid, iut is a power user when on battery, and when in a public Wi-Fi area, if it is On, your machine is exposed to possible hackers. Ergo, the procedure to force the user to make a decision involving security and power.

 

[tomatoes210]

My laptop wireless will turn off after long inactivity. There are two switches., One is a small hardware slide switch on the front edge. That is the Master switch. There is also a keyboard combo switch (Fn+F5) that brings up the On/Off menu. Both have to be on. It is the keyboard switch that needs to be reset after a long period of no usage.

For me, Fn+F5 puts my computer in standby. I think the master switch is the one I am having trouble with. When I first got the laptop, there would be no problems with the wireless. I am only having problems now after I reformatted(with a different disk than what was provided).

 

[corkyg]

Reformatting can be a problem with a laptop unless you make sure you have all your drivers on hand to install. You may be better off restoring to original OEM condition. I have never understood this penchant for reformatting to get rid of some proprietary laptop utilities, which often include functional drivers needed to make things work.

Can you use your original disk and possibly clone it to the newer drive?

 

[tomatoes210]

Reformatting can be a problem with a laptop unless you make sure you have all your drivers on hand to install.

I actually did have all my drivers that I needed from the hp website on hand to install. There are no other problems besides this. Could there be a driver that I missed that affects the wireless?

 

[corkyg]

Yes, that is a possibility. One good way to check it. Put the old drive back in and see if it works. That will be the answer.

 

[Devilpapaya]

Did you do the reinstall from the manufacturer disks or a fresh windows copy? If from the manf. check the control panel for a wireless config utility. I've seen some manf. software that will disable the wireless card to save power on idle, then fails to restart it when not idle.

Dell was notorious for this, not sure about others.

 

[tomatoes210]

Did you do the reinstall from the manufacturer disks or a fresh windows copy?

A fresh windows copy. The wireless will remain on even after a very long period of inactivity as long as it does not go into standby.