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February 21st, 2006 23:00
Can't activate wireless card - what am I doing wrong?
Hi everyone, hope you can help me because Dell Cutomer Service has me waiting for over one hour on hold!!
I have a new Dell Inspiron with internal wireless card. I am trying to use it at home with no success. I have Verizon FIOS internet service with a D-Link router. The wireless function on my laptop is not working. Is it because I need to get a new router? Someone told me that I should get a Linksys router. Someone else told me that the D-Link router I already have should be just fine.
Obviously something is wrong, because when I am right next to the D-Link router, the laptop icon states, "no wireless connections in range".
Please help me. This is driving me bonkers!
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JackieScorpio
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February 22nd, 2006 00:00
esquire
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February 22nd, 2006 00:00
Is your Wi-Fi indicator on? You can also log into your BIOS (press F2 at the Dell logo boot screen) and make sure the wireless adapter has been switched on.
Which wireless adapter do you have? It should work with D-Link router just fine - different brands of wireless devices should work together. Is your D-Link router broadcasting its SSID?
Which client software are you using to manage your wireless network connections?
JackieScorpio
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February 22nd, 2006 01:00
JackieScorpio
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February 22nd, 2006 01:00
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February 22nd, 2006 04:00
Look at this tutorial:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1277020,00.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_wirelesssecurity.mspx