Laptop Lan Question
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From: jw on 20 Jul 2010 05:01 This question will clearly show that I am a novice in regards to laptops. Anyway, I am having difficulty connecting this Compaq 30D3 to my router which allows both CAT5 and wireless. The router has the label: MAC ID 001F900F214B WEP KEY 1F900F214B EESID VV9LO I have the laptop connected to the web okay now, using CAT5. I would prefer to go wireless, but I am not sure this laptop provides that, although I would suppose it should. Do all laptops have wireless net capability even though I see no antenna sticking out of the sucker? And if it does, where in XP do I set that up? What numbers of the above do I specify? I have made some attempts. but have failed miserably. So either I am doing something wrong, or this XP has wireless blocked somehow. Any help would be appreciated. Duke 03 8
From: Brian Cryer on 20 Jul 2010 06:27 <jw(a)eldorado.com> wrote in message news:0uoa46lfnnaeiht6m249nk6e7tg4jlan84(a)4ax.com... > This question will clearly show that I am a novice in regards to > laptops. Anyway, I am having difficulty connecting this Compaq 30D3 > to my router which allows both CAT5 and wireless. The router has the > label: > > MAC ID 001F900F214B > WEP KEY 1F900F214B > EESID VV9LO Best not to post your WEP key. If I was your neighbour I could use this to connect wireless to your router. That said, its good to know that you know your WEP key. WEP is an old standard and has been superseeded by WAP, so is it an old router? (That won't stop it from working.) > I have the laptop connected to the web okay now, using CAT5. I would > prefer to go wireless, but I am not sure this laptop provides that, > although I would suppose it should. Do all laptops have wireless net > capability even though I see no antenna sticking out of the sucker? > And if it does, where in XP do I set that up? What numbers of the > above do I specify? I have made some attempts. but have failed > miserably. So either I am doing something wrong, or this XP has > wireless blocked somehow. I would expect any modern laptop to have wifi (but its possible that some might not). If you are using XP then that's sufficiently old that it might not have wifi. If it had wifi then I'd normally expect to see an application in the notification area (bottom right of the task-bar) indicating whether it can detect any networks. This might possibly be hidden (given XP's ability to show/hide icons in the notification area). Alternatively, if you can open "Device Manager" (easiest might be Start > Control Panel > Computer Management and "Device Manager is one of the items in the tree view), then under "Network adapters" do you have an adapter listed which looks from the name like it might be a wireless adapter? If you do have a wireless adapter then its likely you don't have the necessary drivers installed, but my guess at this point is that you might not have a wireless adapter. -- Brian Cryer http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian > Any help would be appreciated. > > Duke > > 03 > 8
From: Paul on 20 Jul 2010 07:04 Brian Cryer wrote: > <jw(a)eldorado.com> wrote in message > news:0uoa46lfnnaeiht6m249nk6e7tg4jlan84(a)4ax.com... >> This question will clearly show that I am a novice in regards to >> laptops. Anyway, I am having difficulty connecting this Compaq 30D3 >> to my router which allows both CAT5 and wireless. The router has the >> label: >> >> MAC ID 001F900F214B >> WEP KEY 1F900F214B >> EESID VV9LO > > Best not to post your WEP key. If I was your neighbour I could use this > to connect wireless to your router. That said, its good to know that you > know your WEP key. WEP is an old standard and has been superseeded by > WAP, so is it an old router? (That won't stop it from working.) > >> I have the laptop connected to the web okay now, using CAT5. I would >> prefer to go wireless, but I am not sure this laptop provides that, >> although I would suppose it should. Do all laptops have wireless net >> capability even though I see no antenna sticking out of the sucker? >> And if it does, where in XP do I set that up? What numbers of the >> above do I specify? I have made some attempts. but have failed >> miserably. So either I am doing something wrong, or this XP has >> wireless blocked somehow. > > I would expect any modern laptop to have wifi (but its possible that > some might not). If you are using XP then that's sufficiently old that > it might not have wifi. > > If it had wifi then I'd normally expect to see an application in the > notification area (bottom right of the task-bar) indicating whether it > can detect any networks. This might possibly be hidden (given XP's > ability to show/hide icons in the notification area). Alternatively, if > you can open "Device Manager" (easiest might be Start > Control Panel > > Computer Management and "Device Manager is one of the items in the tree > view), then under "Network adapters" do you have an adapter listed which > looks from the name like it might be a wireless adapter? If you do have > a wireless adapter then its likely you don't have the necessary drivers > installed, but my guess at this point is that you might not have a > wireless adapter. The drivers on the HP site (in the Vista section, but looks to contain WinXP support too), should be showing something like this in Device Manager, if the low level drivers have been installed. BCM430G_DeviceDesc = "Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN" BCM430M_DeviceDesc = "Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN" The antennas for Wifi, are routed inside the laptop. For example, they have a mini-PCI card, with two tiny coax connectors on it. Thin coax cables may snake from those connectors. The coax carries the signal, to where they can place antennas, without it conflicting with adjacent objects. And it's all hidden from view. Paul
From: jw on 20 Jul 2010 07:46 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:27:36 +0100, "Brian Cryer" <not.here(a)localhost> wrote: >Best not to post your WEP key. If I was your neighbour I could use this to >connect wireless to your router. That said, its good to know that you know >your WEP key. WEP is an old standard and has been superseeded by WAP, so is >it an old router? (That won't stop it from working.) I agree. The above is not the true key. I changed it. It is not an old router I don't think. It belongs to Verizon. Maybe I should demand a new one. > >> I have the laptop connected to the web okay now, using CAT5. I would >> prefer to go wireless, but I am not sure this laptop provides that, >> although I would suppose it should. Do all laptops have wireless net >> capability even though I see no antenna sticking out of the sucker? >> And if it does, where in XP do I set that up? What numbers of the >> above do I specify? I have made some attempts. but have failed >> miserably. So either I am doing something wrong, or this XP has >> wireless blocked somehow. > >I would expect any modern laptop to have wifi (but its possible that some >might not). If you are using XP then that's sufficiently old that it might >not have wifi. > >If it had wifi then I'd normally expect to see an application in the >notification area (bottom right of the task-bar) indicating whether it can >detect any networks. This might possibly be hidden (given XP's ability to >show/hide icons in the notification area). Alternatively, if you can open >"Device Manager" (easiest might be Start > Control Panel > Computer >Management and "Device Manager is one of the items in the tree view), then >under "Network adapters" do you have an adapter listed which looks from the >name like it might be a wireless adapter? If you do have a wireless adapter >then its likely you don't have the necessary drivers installed, but my guess >at this point is that you might not have a wireless adapter. I am sure I do not. Device Manager has network controller flagged yellow.
From: jw on 20 Jul 2010 07:51 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:04:16 -0400, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote: >Brian Cryer wrote: > >The drivers on the HP site (in the Vista section, but looks to contain >WinXP support too), should be showing something like this in Device Manager, >if the low level drivers have been installed. Network Controller is flagged yellow. When I disconnect CAT5. I lose the internet. I will not have the portability of the laptop if I can't use wireless. > >BCM430G_DeviceDesc = "Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN" >BCM430M_DeviceDesc = "Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN" > >The antennas for Wifi, are routed inside the laptop. For example, they >have a mini-PCI card, with two tiny coax connectors on it. Thin coax cables >may snake from those connectors. The coax carries the signal, to where they >can place antennas, without it conflicting with adjacent objects. And it's >all hidden from view. > > Paul I thought as much Paul. Thanks
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