Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless

From	"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: Dell Inspiron 9100 wireless
Date	2012-03-04 11:08 -0600
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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).

-- 
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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