Sometimes though things do not go as planned. Maybe you cannot establish a connection successfully, or you notice connection drops or other issues that you need to resolve.

A software like TekWifi can aid you in that process. The program is a wireless connection and diagnostic tool for Windows PCs. All you need to do is to run it after unpacking it on the system. The program will automatically display all available WLAN connections that were picked up by the computer’s wireless module. You see the Wlan’s name, type, authentication, cipher and signal in a table like structure.

You can select a wireless network from the list by double-clicking it. This opens the Diagnostic tab where you can enter the key for the wireless network. A click on Connect will establish a connection to the network. If that fails, you can click on Diagnose to get diagnostic information right in the same window.

The diagnostic test checks for DNS and Hotspot server accessibility, the default gateway, ISP home page and Internet connectivity.

The program runs basic tests only that can aid you in diagnosing connection issues.

TekWiFi is compatible with all 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system. It even runs under Windows 8. Please note that it requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.51 to be installed on the system.

Interested users can download it from the developer’s website. (via)

Nevertheless the article covers a wide variety of possible solutions, all software based. The nine chapters start with anti virus and anti spyware advice. This makes sure your system is as clean as possible. Virii and Spyware can be the source of many problems with your pc, e.g. slowdowns, missing files, popups etc.

Chapter three and four give advice to use windows update and update the drivers which are good but rather general tips. Everyone should have up to date drivers and use windows update if a new security exploit hits the web. Still, if you have not done it for a while you should give this a try.

Chapter five, six and seven deal with detecting hardware errors. You get diagnostic tools for hard drives, memory and your cpu. Last but not least we got the internet and advanced section. The internet chapter looks rather useless to me but the last chapter advanced has some nice tool recommendations.

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