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August 14th, 2004 02:00

1394 Net Adapter and 2Wire Homeport

​I have an Inspiron 8200 with a 1394 Net adapter. I am trying to set up a wireless connection with a SBC/Yahoo - 2Wire Homeport. I cannot get the 1394 to connect to the 2wire Homeport​

​Under "Control Panel/Settings/Network Connections" I can see the 1394 listed under "LAN or High-Speed Internet". ​

​I do not see a listing for "Wireless Connection"​

​Do I have to enable or turn "on" wireless somehow?​

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August 14th, 2004 03:00

thanks for the reply...........

only listing is "1394 Net Adapter"

I am looking in the mini PCI slot, gotta turn the computer off...............

 

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August 14th, 2004 03:00

Sorry, the 1394 Connection is for networking over a firewire cable (and is only operating system supported in WinXP and winME), not for wireless networking.

You probably need to buy a wireless card if you do not already have one...

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August 14th, 2004 03:00

How can I tell if I have a wireless card? I thought when I purchased this computer it was wireless. I cannot locate my origanal invoice to double check.

Thanks, Barry

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August 14th, 2004 03:00

right click my computer and click properties ... click hardware, then click device manager.  click the network adapter entry and tell me what adapters appear under it...

you could also open the miniPCI slot on the bottom of your computer and see if there's a card in it...

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August 14th, 2004 04:00

that's really odd that there's not an ethernet adapter as well ...

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August 14th, 2004 04:00

nothing in the mini pci slot, any sugestions?

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August 14th, 2004 05:00

you can either buy a minipci card which would be internal or you could by a PCMCIA card which would fit in one of the exterior pcmcia slots (usually cheaper)

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August 14th, 2004 12:00

I suggest you buy a PC slot wireless card for that notebook. I have used a MiniPCI wireless card in my i8200 and it worked fine BUT it made the hard drive heat up because the MiniPCI slot is right underneath the HDD with no real air flow around it. I now use a PC slot card and the HDD is much cooler.

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August 14th, 2004 15:00

different placement than the i5100's?  i get the same problems with the PC cards which are right under the HD

Message Edited by NemesisDB on 08-14-2004 11:04 AM

Message Edited by NemesisDB on 08-14-2004 05:00 PM

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August 14th, 2004 20:00

The 51xx is a completely different layout than the i8xxx series notebooks.

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