I have a acer TravelMate 8471 and i cannot get wifi on it. I have pressed the wifi button and still nothing. help me turoubleshoot and find and turn on the wifi

SOURCE: where is the switch to turn on the wifi on the

Try Fn + F2

SOURCE: ACER AS5738-6444 Notebook cannot see my wifi router?

The wireless card in the notebook needs to be configured with the Netgear's wireless settings ie. SSID, WPA encryption etc.
Please click on this link for my instructions on securing the wireless network, configure the wireless router and wireless card in the notebook :-
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3559128-wireless_router_security

SOURCE: I cannot enable my wireless adapter.

go to start, control panel, network and internet, then double click your network adaptor (your wifi router) click properties, write down your I.P address given to you on screen. then open internet explorer, and type that I.P address into the search bar and press enter. you should now have access to the main router settings. it could be your routers wifi setting is turned off. just go through the menu and look for it, the menu depends on the router so i cant say which menu to go to, but its normally under advanced tab. dont change anything else unless your sure you know what your doing!!

Brian Sullivan

• 27725 Answers
• Posted on Oct 11, 2012

SOURCE: Turn on WIFI on Aspire 3620

Locate the Wireless LAN switch located on the front of your Acer Notebook.

Move the switch to the right to turn on Wireless connections.

Right-click the network icon located on the system tray next to the clock.

You should see a list of available wireless networks.

Select the network you want to connect to and click "Connect."

or

Power on the Acer Aspire laptop.

Right-click the wireless Internet icon in the lower right corner of the desktop.

Select "Enable" from the pull-down menu.

Right-click the wireless icon again.

Select to view all available wireless networks in the area.

Momentarily a window appears with all of the available Wi-Fi networks.

Select the Wi-Fi network you want to connect to, then type in the password (if required).

Click "Connect," and your Acer Aspire computer connects to the Internet.

hope this helps