dell inspiron 2200

Question

i have a laptop that i temporarily ran linux on, because i was missing the original windows disks.

i found dell install disks and put windows back on it. i downloaded all dell drivers and installed. checked the device manager and the wifi card is detected and driver installed.

when i try to connect to wireless networks, nothing shows up. the icon, in the tray, for wireless connections shows a red x through it. when i check the connection, it is enabled, but still no wireless networks are detected.

any ideas?

22350 · Answer

just an update. it appears that if i stand right under the wireless router, it connects. i mean right under it. how can the signal be so weak, when the other laptop next to it has full signal.

volcano11 · Answer

You don't say which wireless network adapter you have, but if it is an Internal MIni PCI card, it sounds like the antenna wires are not connected.   Steve

22350 · Answer

where is the card located, how would i check to see if the antenna is connected. i wonder if this is why i just spent two weeks trying to get wifi working under ubuntu.

22350 · Answer

sorry, it's a minipci 1370

volcano11 · Answer

< ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>   Steve

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