Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless

From	"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless
Date	2012-03-04 11:42 -0600
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Allen Drake wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:08:19 -0600, "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>> In news:pv67l7tneeoda5irg1kr8g9l6698navj5d@4ax.com,
>> Allen Drake wrote:
>>> On Sun, 4 Mar 2012 09:43:29 -0600, "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In news:kvt6l7d16b3rri06btsfa615hncoscrn04@4ax.com,
>>>> Allen Drake wrote:
>>>>> I am trying to help a friend upgrade this heavy old beast and
>>>>> never played with a Dell laptop before but I have a question
>>>>> about the wireless connectivity. Apparently it has no wireless
>>>>> device. This thing has not been used in five years so one of the
>>>>> first things it did when I turned it on was to install a windows
>>>>> update, SP3. It went forward and did take a long time but I am
>>>>> trying to figure out how this happened if it has no wireless card
>>>>> installed. All I did was change the workgroup to reflect the one
>>>>> I use. I made no other changes and no I am unable to actually get
>>>>> any connectivity to my LAN. I do see this computer on my other
>>>>> systems on the network but am unable to connect. If it has no
>>>>> wireless device how do the other boxes even see this laptop? It
>>>>> also sees one of my computers but is unable to connect to this
>>>>> particular Win7 system. I have a mixture of several Win7 and XP
>>>>> Pro machines all working fine but am unable to get this Dell to
>>>>> connect. It's been a long time since I dealt with LAN problems
>>>>> and maybe need a refresher.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any comments.
>>>>>
>>>>> AL.
>>>>
>>>> According to:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pcworld.com/product/22038/dell_inspiron_9100.html?p=specs
>>>>
>>>> It sports a V.92 modem, 10/100 ethernet, Bluetooth, 802.11a/g. So
>>>> it should have wireless. And if it can be seen by at least other
>>>> computers, it must be transmitting a wireless signal (assuming that
>>>> nothing is wired up to it). Since it is supposed to have Bluetooth,
>>>> which is another avenue for a connection. I would peek in the
>>>> Device Manager and see what it sees what is there.
>>>>
>>>> So at this point I would power down the Dell and reset your
>>>> wireless modem or router and then retry. You might have to power
>>>> down your wireless for 10 seconds or more instead of a reset. This
>>>> is the first thing I would do.
>>>>
>>>> If sharing isn't enabled, you might not be able to view anything on
>>>> this Dell either.
>>>
>>> Ok, I recycled the router and still have no signs of wireless
>>> connection. I think the fact that I see network icons on my other
>>> systems might be from when I had the Dell wired to the LAN. I can't
>>> see any signs of any device in the device manager. I get no
>>> connection when I ping other systems from CMD window. Are there any
>>> other ways to tell if a wireless device is installed?
>>
>> Well if wireless is there and XP thinks it is working, it should
>> show up under Start and Network Connections. LAN connection should
>> show up there too (neither has to be connected to anything to show
>> up here).
>
> How do I get the network icon to show on the desktop? I remember that
> being the case with other Xp configurations.

I don't recall how to get Network Connections to show up on the desktop 
(don't confuse with Network Neighborhood). But if it isn't under 
Start -> Network Connections. Then it should be also found under 
Start -> Control Panel -> Network Connections.

-- 
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

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Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-04 09:23 -0500
  Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-03-04 09:43 -0600
    Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-04 11:12 -0500
    Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-04 11:53 -0500
      Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-03-04 11:08 -0600
        Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-04 12:22 -0500
          Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-03-04 11:42 -0600
            Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-04 14:23 -0500
      Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-05 19:27 -0500
  Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-03-04 07:50 -0800
    Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-04 11:14 -0500
      Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2012-03-04 22:23 +0000
        Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-05 03:46 -0500
          Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2012-03-05 10:40 +0000
            Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-03-05 17:17 -0500

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