ancientmariner
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Problems with new laptop, ACER must have a dedicated access to their internal wifi card. I found I had weak access to my router/modem. I kept losing connection (router/modem is in bedroom, 4 walls away from my laptop location) it worked great through the HP that got trashed. I thought that I could use a USB wifi card (it had worked on units I installed, but not the ACER). It wouldn't bypass the internal one, nowhere on my control panel could I disable the card. So, it kept losing access.
I had replaced the OS with Linux, ACER had secure boot activated with no usable options. I couldn't setup dual boot (HP was capable but not ACER). I was looking at getting another HP but had already spent the money and hated to give up. I then bought a $20 wifi extender that worked somewhat but still lost connection throughout the day. I finally arrived at a solution of sorts. I had the linked extender within 6 feet, with the available ethernet port and a 6ft ethernet cable I was able to hard wire my laptop. I shut off the wifi switch, made wired connection, then browsed on my merry way. Wired is much more secure than wireless but requires an additional line to lug around.
I could have removed the internal card (thanks to youtube) but that would require opening both the back then removing the keyboard to gain access. Since it was assembled by foreign nationals I couldn't be sure it would work without something in the wireless bracket to complete the loop. I had searched for a better wifi card but none was to be had with my search parameters.
I had replaced the OS with Linux, ACER had secure boot activated with no usable options. I couldn't setup dual boot (HP was capable but not ACER). I was looking at getting another HP but had already spent the money and hated to give up. I then bought a $20 wifi extender that worked somewhat but still lost connection throughout the day. I finally arrived at a solution of sorts. I had the linked extender within 6 feet, with the available ethernet port and a 6ft ethernet cable I was able to hard wire my laptop. I shut off the wifi switch, made wired connection, then browsed on my merry way. Wired is much more secure than wireless but requires an additional line to lug around.
I could have removed the internal card (thanks to youtube) but that would require opening both the back then removing the keyboard to gain access. Since it was assembled by foreign nationals I couldn't be sure it would work without something in the wireless bracket to complete the loop. I had searched for a better wifi card but none was to be had with my search parameters.
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