"MO" wrote:

> I have Win XP and Sony Vaio laptop with WLAN 802.11 b/g.
>
> Firstly, I have a broadband/ADSL connection with Free.Fr which works fine
> but would like to try connecting from my house but without the wires!  Do I
> need to get another card, I am now sure if the ADSL Freebox is enough or if
> I need to buy a card from them?  They are impossible to get on the phone.
>
> Secondly, is there somewhere in WinXP where I have to go to 'enable'
> wireless connection.  I have read here and there that I should see wireless
> in my newworking places but see nothing.
>
> Thanks for any help.

"nass" wrote:

>
>
> "MO" wrote:
>
> > I have Win XP and Sony Vaio laptop with WLAN 802.11 b/g.
> >
> > Firstly, I have a broadband/ADSL connection with Free.Fr which works fine
> > but would like to try connecting from my house but without the wires!  Do I
> > need to get another card, I am now sure if the ADSL Freebox is enough or if
> > I need to buy a card from them?  They are impossible to get on the phone.
> >
> > Secondly, is there somewhere in WinXP where I have to go to 'enable'
> > wireless connection.  I have read here and there that I should see wireless
> > in my newworking places but see nothing.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
>
> Hi MO,
> Do you have a Wireless Device Switch manger Icon on your Notification area?.
> If you do, double click it. It will open a windows having two option/check
> boxes, one of them the wireless LAN and the other is the Bluetooth, select
> the Wireless LAN check box and click [OK].
> You have also the VAIO Hardware Diagnostics Wizard, run this to see if the
> wireless having trouble or not, by clicking Start >> All programs >> VAIO
> Hardware Diagnostics >> Click Run Test and see what will come up.
> Also click on Tools Tab at the top, then click on Device manger Button.
> On Device manager Expand the plus [+] beside the :
> [+] Network Adapters
>    - 1394 Net Adapter
>   - Intel(r)~~~~
>   - Intel(R) Pro/Wireless 3935~~Network Connection  <- Right click on that
> and select properties.
> Read the info there and dos it conflict or malfunctioning?, it been
> Disabled, try to Enable it and you should be ready for the next phase, which
> setting up wireless:
> Wireless by Barb Bowman:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_wirelesssecurity.mspx
> Set up a wireless network
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/wireless.mspx
> HTH.
> nass
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