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March 24th, 2006 16:00
Wireless, can someone please explain
Ok, so call me stupid but I'm a new laptop owner, and I ordered the B120 that came with a Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI card.
Can someone explain to me exactly, what wireless is suppose to do for me.
Under network connections, it says "wireless network connection is Not connected"
Am i suppose to be able to get on the internet with this wireless card without have to plug it into anything?
I have Verizon DSL with a wireless modem on my home desktop and I can get online if i plug the ethernet and phone cords into the laptop or if I use a dial up ISP(which is a complete waste of time because it is so slow and half the time wont allow me to pull up what I'm going after).
if someone knows what i'm doing wrong or can at least explain to me how to get this thing working, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you
BBraxton
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Posted March 24th, 2006 19:00
If your system tray (bottom of screen, toward the right) has a small icon that shows radio waves radiating, then the start is to RIGHT-click on that icon and select "Show available wireless networks"
If that icon is not showing, you can also go through Networking, All networks to see the Wireless and perhaps double-click to have it display available network(s). What do you see? The name that shows is called the SSID and it identifies the available network. Does your other wireless connected PC require a KEY (WEP)?