I am not aware of an 'ASUS' utility, but I have all device drivers, recovery disks etc that should be required sent to me by Dell when I purchased the computer from them.
As I said though, the computer itself recognises all drivers etc as being up to date and states that there are no newer updates/installations available. Does this ASUS utility allow me to turn the wireless activity on the adapter on/off? - which seems to be the issue.
Plus, its important to remember that until now all wireless activity has worked without problem... therefore this situation should be corrected without the help of installing additional software. Do you not think?
If it worked before, then it should still work without the addition of new drivers or software. If you open Network Connections and right click your wireless connection, is the first option to "enable" or "disable"? If it is "enable", the click on that.
Since I have never seen this particular wireless adapter, I'm just exploring for possible solutions. You might also try opening Device Manager, expanding the listing for Network Adapters, right clicking the wireless adapter, and then clicking on the Advanced tab. See if there are opitons there to turn the wireless adapter on or off.
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February 18th, 2008 13:00
Exactly which model Inspirion do you have? Which version of Windows?
Steve
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February 18th, 2008 14:00
Its the Dell Inspiron 531 and came with Vista Home Premium installed.
volcano11
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February 18th, 2008 15:00
Do you have the ASUS utility that comes with that wireless adapter? If so, have you tried running that utility?
Note that the lastest drivers, the utility, and manual can all be downloaded from the following site:
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=WL-138g%20V2
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February 18th, 2008 15:00
I appreciate the thought...
I am not aware of an 'ASUS' utility, but I have all device drivers, recovery disks etc that should be required sent to me by Dell when I purchased the computer from them.
As I said though, the computer itself recognises all drivers etc as being up to date and states that there are no newer updates/installations available. Does this ASUS utility allow me to turn the wireless activity on the adapter on/off? - which seems to be the issue.
Plus, its important to remember that until now all wireless activity has worked without problem... therefore this situation should be corrected without the help of installing additional software. Do you not think?
volcano11
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February 18th, 2008 15:00
If it worked before, then it should still work without the addition of new drivers or software. If you open Network Connections and right click your wireless connection, is the first option to "enable" or "disable"? If it is "enable", the click on that.
Since I have never seen this particular wireless adapter, I'm just exploring for possible solutions. You might also try opening Device Manager, expanding the listing for Network Adapters, right clicking the wireless adapter, and then clicking on the Advanced tab. See if there are opitons there to turn the wireless adapter on or off.
Steve