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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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What OS on the laptop? Did the install routine detect the card? Do you have any security on the router?
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its win98 se (but the packet clearly said the card was compatible with it) it's 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.
hope this helps and thank you |
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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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Check the specs on the router. While that card may be compatbile with Win 98SE, your router may not.
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OK. Thanks, I will do that. The help is very much appreciated.
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OK, I have checked. According to the router it is compatible with 98.
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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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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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Oh also, do you need to have one PC in the network connected to the router via a ethernet cable?
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No that's not necessary
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