Unless you are using INTEL Desktop Wireless internet sharing and have wired and wireless connections (and wifi sharing) to the desktop there is no relationship to wireless access and your desktop.
Just to close this... I tried again, after all the dust settled from setting up a new p/c and learning my way around Win 8. The problem was gone. I had no trouble using my notebook via my wireless router when my desktop was shut down. I don't know what the problem was originally. Maybe my ISP was down, and it was just a coincidence.
speedstep
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March 31st, 2013 12:00
Unless you are using INTEL Desktop Wireless internet sharing and have wired and wireless connections (and wifi sharing) to the desktop there is no relationship to wireless access and your desktop.
This is not a Dell issue.
Brief: Intel® My WiFi...
Jeff Leites
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May 1st, 2013 20:00
Just to close this... I tried again, after all the dust settled from setting up a new p/c and learning my way around Win 8. The problem was gone. I had no trouble using my notebook via my wireless router when my desktop was shut down. I don't know what the problem was originally. Maybe my ISP was down, and it was just a coincidence.