Wi-fi is a wireless
networking technology that provides high speed internet and network
connections. The term Wi-fi is short for (wireless fidelity).
Many
laptops this days comes with Wi-fi as built-in which allows people connect to
the internet and share files. There are numerous way to enable and disable
Wi-fi on a laptop, I will be running through different ways on how to enable
and disable a Wi-fi on a laptop.
How to Enable Wi-fi on a Laptop
The
following steps below will guide you on enabling Wi-fi on your laptop
Step 1: By pressing the Wi-fi button on
your laptop
Some
Laptops today has the Wi-fi button built in on the keyboard which is normally
located at the top right corner of the keyboard, while some is attached in the
top center of the laptops’ casing. By default the light in the button is
usually red which means it’s disabled, then to enable it, you press the button,
the Wi-fi enables automatically and the light of the button will be changed to
white or blue depending on the laptop.
Step 2: Enabling it Direct on the Windows
a.
Press the “Start” button and select “Control Panel”
b.
Select “Network and Internet” and
click on “Network and Sharing Center”.
c. Select “Change Adapter Settings” option located at the left panel.
c. Select “Change Adapter Settings” option located at the left panel.
OR
a. Look
in the bottom right corner of your laptop screen, you will find the Wi-fi icon, right
click on it and select “Open Network and
Sharing Center”.
b. Select
“Change Adapter Settings” option
located at the left panel.
c. Right-click
on “Wireless Network Connecttion”
and select Enable.
Note: When you right-click
the Wi-fi icon in Windows 8, check if Airplane Mode is turned on and turn it
off to enable the wireless network card.
Step 3: Enabling Wi-fi in Windows Device
Manager
a.
Click on the “Start” icon and select
“Computer”.
b.
Click on “System Properties” on the
top left corner and select “Device
Manager” option.
How to Disable Wi-fi on a Laptop
Follow
the above steps to disable the Wi-fi Adapter, now all you have to do is to
select the disable option and automatically it will be disabled.
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