wirelesss connection help!!!

n1kk1_2

hi all,

can anyone tell me how to check if a laptop has a built in wireless card.

I brought a dell insiron 1501 from a carboot sale and have tried my old wirless card but this does not fit (too big). The laptop does say wifi on it but i'm not sure if that means wireless built in or not.

Thanks.

hm71_2

I think thats the same one as my hubby and wifi is built in on it.

BillScarab

Have a look in device manager under network devices, it should tell you if you have a wireless adapter built in. Typically you should have two entries one for an ethernet port and one for wireless.

Mind you if it says wifi on it I'd be surprised if it doesn't.

n1kk1_2

ok ive looked in device manager and under network adapters it says
broadcam 440x 10/100 intergrated controler
broadcom 802.11g network adapter

Does this mean it is wireless then? if it does any ideas why i cannot connect to the internet? . It does work with a ethernet cable!

U've_been_framed

Have you set up a wireless network? Windows xp has a wizard to set one up. Is there a firewall blocking connections? Is your wireless router set up properly?

BillScarab

n1kk1 wrote: »

ok ive looked in device manager and under network adapters it says
broadcam 440x 10/100 intergrated controler
broadcom 802.11g network adapter

Does this mean it is wireless then? if it does any ideas why i cannot connect to the internet? . It does work with a ethernet cable!

Yep, you have wireless. Do you already have a wireless router? If so did you set up security on it before, if you set up a WEP or WPA key on it you will need to set up a connection on the new laptop and enter the key. Also if you set up MAC address filtering you will need to add the MAC of your new laptop.

n1kk1_2

hi

yes i have a wireless router but when tried to connect to the internet it said that no devices could be found. it then said that the wireless caperbility on the laptop was swiched off! does anyone know how to turn it on on this laptop i think its works with a key combination.

oh! and the router works ok because i have just tried it out on my old laptop.

thanks.

espresso

Download the manual from here.

Fn + F2 for the wireless.

n1kk1_2

espresso wrote: »

Download the manual from here.

Fn + F2 for the wireless.

thanks for that. i will give it a go and let you all know how i get on.

n1kk1_2

yipeeee! i've done it! :j

Thanks for all your help! :T