Inspiron 9100 wireless card driver

Try the following:

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

 

Steve

I ran it and installed the driver and it doesn't connect. When I go to view available wireless networks it says " windows cannot configure this wireless connection".

In my device manager I have the 1394 net adapter, the broadcom controller, and then 1350 wlan mini pci card. It said 1300 (i think) before I installed that driver.

I don't know what anything listed as a 'problem' device would be.

And yes, it's listed in network connections as well (wireless network connection)

Message Edited by gudeman on 01-11-2006 07:53 PM

I downloaded that, and it still won't connect to anything. any other ideas?

You say that you downloaded it, but you don't say if you ran the downloaded file to install the driver.  Does the wireless card show up in Device Manager when you expand the listing for Network Adapters?  Does it show up in Network Connections?  Are there any other devices listed in Device Manager as problem devices?  If so, which ones?

Steve

 

Since the wireless adapter now shows up in Device Manager and apparently in Network Connections, it does not sound like a driver problem.   Do you have any wireless security (MAC address filtering, or WEP or WPA encryption) enabled on your router?  Have you tried resetting the router?  Are you sure the wireless radio is turned on (Fn F2 key combination toggles on and off)?

Steve

The wireless connection showed up before I installed the new driver. It was there right after I reformatted and reinstalled everything.
Last time I reformatted and it wouldn't hook up the person on the phone told me to download a certain driver and I did so, and it worked right away. That's why i was thinking it was a driver problem again.
I just unplugged my router and plugged it back in, but still nothing. There are lots of other wireless networks around me too that I normally connect to but still nothing.

Here is what it says when I go to view available wireless networks:

"Windows cannot configure this wireless connection.

If you have enabled another program to manage this wireless connection, use that software.

If you want Windows to configure this wireless connection, start the Wirelezz Zero Configuration (WZC) service. For information about starting the WZC service, see article 871122 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the microsoft.com Web site."

I have wireless enabled and the radio is on.

Message Edited by gudeman on 01-11-2006 08:03 PM

Go to Start > Control Panel then switch to Classic view.  Look for either the Truemobile utility or the Dell wireless Utility and click on that.  Click on the Wireless Networks tab and check the box to let Windows manager your wireless network.   That will allow you to use the wireless zero configuration of Windows.   Now see what happens.

Steve

Exactly what do you mean when you say "I had to plug the main line back in"?   What is the main line you are referring to and what are you plugging it into?  (This may not seem pertinent to the wireless connection, but I assure you that the more I know about how you are connecting and how your network is set up, the better able I will be to help you).

Steve

Alright, I did that. I got clicked on my router name and had it configure it.
Now I have excellent signal, but my status is limited or no connectivity.

It wouldn't connect to anything through the wireless so I had to plug the main line back in.

I just meant that I had to plug the ethernet cord or whatever it's called back into the computer since if my computer wasn't plugged into it and going completely off of the wireless, I wasn't able to connect to anything.

To help troubleshoot this problem, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.

Steve

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Marto>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : marcus
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-16-F9-C1
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.78
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 205.171.3.65
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:41:15
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 13, 2006 10:41:15 PM

Your ipconfig output show no evidence whatsoever of a wireless network card or a wireless network connection.  I suggest going into Device Manager and removing the wireless network adapter.  Reboot, then reinstall the drivers for the wireless network card.   Check to see whehter or not you have a connection, and if not, run the ipconfig command and post the output again.

Steve

Yes, do this after removing any existing wireless device shown in Device Manager.

Steve

Reinstall the driver that you provided a link for? just download it and install it again?