I switched on my Aspire Z5700 this morning and the wireless connection is gone! Help!!

This morning when I switched on my desktop (Acer Aspire Z5700), it couldn't connect via wifi to the internet. It basically said that there was no wifi within the desktop to let me connect & tried pointing me to either an ethernet (which I've never used) or a 3G connection (which I used once about a year ago via a dongle). Initially I thought that the driver had just been disabled & when I eventually found it & tried to enable it again, it maintained it couldn't. I've since connected via an ethernet straight into my wifi modem and run a system update for windows, which did download an update for the LAN card. Now however, I can't find the wireless as a potential connection (enabled, disabled or otherwise). I've downloaded the driver for the wireless LAN but this has had no joy. HELP!!!!

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lsamis

Since you are using Windows 7 Check to see if it can find your network. At the bottom Right had side of your screen there is a 2TV icon Click on Network & Sharing Center this will show you your connections to the Internet. Select Manage network connections on the right hand side if your wireless is showind disabled Right click and enable. You then might need to select your home network. Look on the left and select Manaage wireless Networks Select your network it may require a password to log on.

As the wireless network is coming from a Router of some sort you should make sure that it is working properly. Unplug it for 30 seconds and plug it back in and wait for the lights to come up as they were before unplugging it.

Wireless access loss is one of those things that could be caused by many variables. If need be reinstall your wireless driverits like anything it sometimes just needs to be updated!