This article should help and, no, you do not need any other software.  Everything is native to Windows

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1277020,00.asp

 

Jules

 

I have the same setup but I am trying to connect

to a

Netgear Wireless Router (WGR614)

 

I am getting unable to connect to the SSID name

Now I am no rookie to computers and I have gone over all the docs on the net to no success

so this is why I am posting to here..

btw  I have already updated the software and drivers for the wireless card

Could somebody please help me?

 

Thanks

You should be ablt to hit the setup page at http://192.168.0.1 with a username of admin with no password.

Changing the settings should be fairly easy from there.  The Netgear link is here:

http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WGR614.asp

 

 

Get an Ethernet cord and connect via wires to set it up then disconnect.   If you have already done that, then the settings on your card do not match those on the router.  Check to see if the SSID name is the same along with any encryption you may have set.  The first article I posted is a good resource for setting up a router.

 

Message Edited by jmwills on 08-03-2005 09:09 PM

Thanks...

I ended up finding the Wireless Zero Configuration. Somehow this got turned off or wasn't activate(maybe in my SP2 "upgrade"). Once I found it - My Computer/Manage/Service - and activate it, all went well.

your wireless card comes with it's own software.If your computer is using it it will be in the all programs listed as Dell True Mobile Software or it may say Utility.If you want Windows to configure your wireless all you have to do is:
Start
My computer Icon right click and go to Manage
click on it and then when the window opens
look for Services and Applications click on this
look for Services and click then look in the list
for Wireless Zero Configuration double click on this
under the General tab look about half way down
and make sure it's set to start Automatic
then click on the start button then click OK and close
everything out.now Windows will manage your wireless configuration

HI

 

I finally got my problem resolved after being on the phone with Dell for 3 hours. 

They determined that I had the access box checked in the access wireless card area

so I put in my mac address and it all worked and I now have complete security

 

thanks to all

 

jaba54

No, not complete security, but fairly secure.

jm

 

Well after getting that to work I then put on the WPA-psk security

 

I heard that is better than wep with 128 bit encyrption is that right?

 

 

jaba54