why can i not get the edimax wireless adapter to work on a old pc

toejumper

Hi
my sister has given my dd an old desktop pc to use for doing home work and to use for facebook, the desktop has no wifi so i bought a edimax ew-7811un adapter, the desktop was taken back with the restore disc, have also installed the edimax cd driver and updated them using a memory stick. the edimax cant detect any available network. it also says the edimax is disconnected. anyone got any ideas what im doing wrong.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edimax-EW-7811UN-Wireless-802-11b-Adaptor/dp/B003MTTJOY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317336023&sr=8-1

Hammyman

Depending on the age of the PC it may only have USB 1.1 ports and most dongles need USB 2.0 because 1.1 isn't fast enough.

debitcardmayhem

As Hammy says but of course which version of Windows has it got, and has it got an ethernet port? Also an idea of the make model may help too

toejumper

thanks the usb are 2.0 connections

toejumper

windows xp, it has been connected to the internet when my sister had it but through an earthnet cable.

debitcardmayhem

OK What is your wireless network at home and is it running 802.11 b ...or g ... or n or mixed and what is the router?

toejumper

thompson speed touch st58vsl and 802.11b/g

TakeThis

Does this PC have a brand name? Has it been updated to XP SP3? Is it showing as installed within the Device Manager? Have you tried using the XP Wireless Zero Configuration?

toejumper

opps sorry, it an emachine. not been into the driver to see if they have installed, have tried the zero configuration but that has been checking status for about 30 minutes

toejumper

The drivers are in the device manager and are upto date, thanks

TakeThis

toejumper wrote: »

The drivers are in the device manager and are upto date, thanks

SP3 installed? How much RAM?