Re: need some help with my laptop
 

Re: need some help with my laptop
 

SSID = Service Set Identifier

It's the "name" of your network that the router broadcasts to distinguish it from other networks.

Re: need some help with my laptop
 

its not recognizing the SSID then, it has an icon in the bottom right that says a local network cable is unplugged

Re: need some help with my laptop
 

You need to disable the local area connection and establish a wireless connection.

Re: need some help with my laptop
 

how do i go about doing that?

Re: need some help with my laptop
 

go to start, then connections or connect to, then hit show all connections. right click the local area connection and hit disable. then go to the left side and hit create new connection and follow the setup wizard. a ------ could do it

Re: need some help with my laptop
 

Your computer is broken forever. Send it to me for shipping costs and I will try to repair it to send it to needy African children to do homework on.

Re: need some help with my laptop
 

i would find a modle number and download the driver set. sometimes if you are using lets say a linksys card it will want to use lynksys software to see the networks and not the built in windows. Right click my computer and choose manage. Then selece device manager from the left. do you see any question marks? if so what does it say?