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Jun 3, 2008, 11:03 AM
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| | | Belkin Wireless G notebook card won't detect a network :(
Hello,
Well, to begin I am not the most technical person who ever lived, however, I bought a cheap laptop of eBay a week or so ago and it did not come with wifi built in so today I went to purchase a Belkin Wireless G notebook card. It came with a CD which i put into my laptop and it installedthe card. Great I thought, I may of got it to work - no such luck. My laptop will not detect any wireless networks, despite the fact I have put it right next to the Wireless router and modem!
Does anyone have an idea of what is wrong, if so I would very much appreciate your help,
Thank you in advance,
Jack
p.s (the laptop is working 100% fine as far as I know so I assume it is the card that is the problem)
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:07 AM
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Pay to call ScottGem for advice ($.75/min) | what OS on the laptop? did the install routine detect the card? Do you have any security on the router? |
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:10 AM
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| its win98 se (but the packet clearly said the card was compatible with it) its a dell latitude 400x (i think if that helps) I don't know if i have security on the router, it is not password protected or anything.
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:11 AM
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| the process said insert you card and i did and the box thing that told me to put in the card went away and about 2 minutes later it said process completed. | |
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:14 AM
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Pay to call ScottGem for advice ($.75/min) | Check the specs on the router. While that card may be compatbile with Win 98SE, your router may not. | |
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:16 AM
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| ok. thanks, I will do that. The help is very much appreciated. | |
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:21 AM
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| ok, I have checked. According to the router it is compatible with 98. | |
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:25 AM
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Pay to call ScottGem for advice ($.75/min) | Its been a long time since I worked with Win 98. I forget how to set up a wireless LAN connection. Have you tried calling Belkin support? Or the router tech support? | |
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:32 AM
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| nope. I just wanted to see if anyone knew how to do it befire I did, but I will do that. Thank you for all of your help though, it has been appreciated. | |
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Jun 3, 2008, 11:38 AM
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| oh also, do you need to have one pc in the network connected to the router via a ethernet cable? | |
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