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Hey guys, I couldn’t exactly find my exact laptop on here but it’s the Dell Inspiron 5547 . A few weeks ago, I noticed as I moved away from my WiFi router, I would lose my WiFi connection. I restarted the modem , forgot the WiFi on my laptop, tried to reconnect, the whole jazz, but the issue persisted. I ignored it as It wasn’t a big deal at the time. Now I’ve moved to a new house, have a new WiFi provider and yet the issue is still there. I suspect it has something to do with the laptop rather than my modem. I’m not sure how to go from here whether I have to buy one of those USB WiFi receivers or send it to repair (I apologize for my lack of knowledge as I’m not really an expert when it comes to tech situations). I am completely fine buying anything that can solve this issue but before that I’d like to know from this community if I’m missing something here. Any help will be appreciated.
Hi @uniqueusername3 , The antenna cables connected to the WLAN card (WiFi) may be loose. Here is a link to the owner manual for your laptop. Scroll to p.24 to view the necessary pre-requisite steps and then the procedure to remove the WLAN card. You don’t have to remove the card but it is advisable to know the correct procedure if you are going to ‘handle’ components inside a laptop, i.e. at least remove the battery. ;-) Check that the antennae are both securely connected to the card. (see image 1 on p.24)
You should replace the wifi card with any other card that fits if you get the keyboard out you’ll see the wifi card just get a regular wifi card I put a Mac one in there so anything should work
