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Hi can anyone help me? i have a packhard bell ipower laptop, just trying to
go wireless so i brought a Wireless lan cardbus pc card, but do not no how to activate it loads of people told me to press fn and f1, doesnot work.. Please help!!!!!!! -- Thanks Hmm you are not giving much information at all. What OS are you running,
what card did you buy? Have you installed the drivers for the card? Is the card detected by your computer when you insert it? Not all computers support cardbus cards, they are not the same as a PCMCIA card. Normally you would simply insert the card into your computer, the computer would detect the card and request drivers for it. You would then install the drivers for your card, launch a network setup wizard and detect and find your network. Note that this is normally only done once, on the first insertion. My experience is only cards that are built into the PC are normally control by Function F5 key presses. Normal behavior for a PCMCIA card is it is on when inserted. -- Show quoteHide quoteDavid Hettel Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights "cally" <ca***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:815A6AFA-5632-432E-90F5-29D7D2D6E178@microsoft.com... > Hi can anyone help me? i have a packhard bell ipower laptop, just trying > to > go wireless so i brought a Wireless lan cardbus pc card, but do not no how > to > activate it loads of people told me to press fn and f1, doesnot work.. > Please > help!!!!!!! > -- > Thanks cally wrote:
> Hi can anyone help me? i have a packhard bell ipower laptop, just trying to You have to install the driver for the wireless adapter, using the > go wireless so i brought a Wireless lan cardbus pc card, but do not no how to > activate it loads of people told me to press fn and f1, doesnot work.. Please > help!!!!!!! instructions and CD that came with the device. If you post back, please include laptop model; what version of Windows, including service pack; and make/model of wifi adapter. See http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Hi
Pressing certain functions keys can help if the card is internally installed by the manufacturer and was configured correctly, but left Off. In you case you are installing an add-on card, so you have to perform the process of installation. As mentioned above read the manual and follow the Card's installation instructions as suggested by the manufacturer. If you did every thing correctly, and it does not work, you need to find out what is wrong. In General, you can debug the Network Settings of a computer by following these steps. Step One. Check the Network parameters in the Computer's Device Manager. Make sure that the Network Card drivers are installed correctly; i.e. there is No IRQ conflict, and No Ghost installation. http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost Step Two. Verify Basic network setting in the OS: http://www.ezlan.net/Installing#verify. If the above two Steps indicates that every thing looks good but functionally it does not work. Step Three. Check (and repair if necessary) the Socket Layers, Winsock, and or refresh the TCP/IP Stack. http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quoteHide quote "cally" <ca***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:815A6AFA-5632-432E-90F5-29D7D2D6E178@microsoft.com... > Hi can anyone help me? i have a packhard bell ipower laptop, just trying > to > go wireless so i brought a Wireless lan cardbus pc card, but do not no how > to > activate it loads of people told me to press fn and f1, doesnot work.. > Please > help!!!!!!! > -- > Thanks THINK I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE!!!!!! JUST ABOUT GOT A CONNECTION BUT
ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT SAID IP ADRESS IS NOT RIGHT.. NO IDEA. PLEASE HELP IF POSSIBLE. SPENT 87MINS ON THE PHONE TO TECH SUPPORT AT ORANGE STILL NOT SORTED... -- Show quoteHide quoteThanks "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: > Hi > > Pressing certain functions keys can help if the card is internally installed > by the manufacturer and was configured correctly, but left Off. > > In you case you are installing an add-on card, so you have to perform the > process of installation. As mentioned above read the manual and follow the > Card's installation instructions as suggested by the manufacturer. If you > did every thing correctly, and it does not work, you need to find out what > is wrong. > > In General, you can debug the Network Settings of a computer by following > these steps. > > Step One. Check the Network parameters in the Computer's Device Manager. > Make sure that the Network Card drivers are installed correctly; i.e. there > is No IRQ conflict, and No Ghost installation. > http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost > > Step Two. Verify Basic network setting in the OS: > http://www.ezlan.net/Installing#verify. > > If the above two Steps indicates that every thing looks good but > functionally it does not work. > > Step Three. Check (and repair if necessary) the Socket Layers, Winsock, and > or refresh the TCP/IP Stack. http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet > > Jack (MVP-Networking). > > > > "cally" <ca***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:815A6AFA-5632-432E-90F5-29D7D2D6E178@microsoft.com... > > Hi can anyone help me? i have a packhard bell ipower laptop, just trying > > to > > go wireless so i brought a Wireless lan cardbus pc card, but do not no how > > to > > activate it loads of people told me to press fn and f1, doesnot work.. > > Please > > help!!!!!!! > > -- > > Thanks > > > cally wrote:
> THINK I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE!!!!!! JUST ABOUT GOT A CONNECTION BUT "Tried everything possible" is not helpful. If you've really tried > ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT SAID IP ADRESS IS NOT RIGHT.. NO IDEA. PLEASE HELP > IF POSSIBLE. SPENT 87MINS ON THE PHONE TO TECH SUPPORT AT ORANGE STILL NOT > SORTED... everything possible and things still don't work, you might as well give up. More likely, you have NOT tried everything possible, but nobody here can help you until you tell us what you HAVE tried. See http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Alternatively, open the phone book, look under "computer repair," and hire a professional to come and straighten things out. And please don't post in all caps. And you are still not giving us any real information at all. With out that
kind of info all we are doing is spinning our wheels by guessing. -- Show quoteHide quoteDavid Hettel Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights "cally" <ca***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B75A9F7E-7F4D-406B-B0D4-9BD7DBD95D2C@microsoft.com... > THINK I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE!!!!!! JUST ABOUT GOT A CONNECTION > BUT > ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT SAID IP ADRESS IS NOT RIGHT.. NO IDEA. PLEASE > HELP > IF POSSIBLE. SPENT 87MINS ON THE PHONE TO TECH SUPPORT AT ORANGE STILL NOT > SORTED... > -- > Thanks > > > "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Pressing certain functions keys can help if the card is internally >> installed >> by the manufacturer and was configured correctly, but left Off. >> >> In you case you are installing an add-on card, so you have to perform the >> process of installation. As mentioned above read the manual and follow >> the >> Card's installation instructions as suggested by the manufacturer. If >> you >> did every thing correctly, and it does not work, you need to find out >> what >> is wrong. >> >> In General, you can debug the Network Settings of a computer by following >> these steps. >> >> Step One. Check the Network parameters in the Computer's Device Manager. >> Make sure that the Network Card drivers are installed correctly; i.e. >> there >> is No IRQ conflict, and No Ghost installation. >> http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost >> >> Step Two. Verify Basic network setting in the OS: >> http://www.ezlan.net/Installing#verify. >> >> If the above two Steps indicates that every thing looks good but >> functionally it does not work. >> >> Step Three. Check (and repair if necessary) the Socket Layers, Winsock, >> and >> or refresh the TCP/IP Stack. http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet >> >> Jack (MVP-Networking). >> >> >> >> "cally" <ca***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:815A6AFA-5632-432E-90F5-29D7D2D6E178@microsoft.com... >> > Hi can anyone help me? i have a packhard bell ipower laptop, just >> > trying >> > to >> > go wireless so i brought a Wireless lan cardbus pc card, but do not no >> > how >> > to >> > activate it loads of people told me to press fn and f1, doesnot work.. >> > Please >> > help!!!!!!! >> > -- >> > Thanks >> >> >> |
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