wireless capability

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I have a desktop. I appear to have lost my ability to use a wireless
connection.
When I go to "start" and go to "connect to", "Wireless Netwrok Connection"
does not come up as an option. Don't know what happened because up until a
few days ago I had wireless connection. When I go to control panel, System,
Hardware and Device Manager .... and scroll down to Network Adapters, which
would be my wireless card? (there are no yellow question marks or red X's)
Help. Thanks, Brian
 
BP said:
I have a desktop. I appear to have lost my ability to use a wireless
connection.
When I go to "start" and go to "connect to", "Wireless Netwrok
Connection" does not come up as an option. Don't know what happened
because up until a few days ago I had wireless connection. When I
go to control panel, System, Hardware and Device Manager .... and
scroll down to Network Adapters, which would be my wireless card?
(there are no yellow question marks or red X's) Help. Thanks, Brian
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What is listed under "Network Adapters"?
 
BP said:
I have a desktop. I appear to have lost my ability to use a wireless
connection.
When I go to "start" and go to "connect to", "Wireless Netwrok
Connection" does not come up as an option. Don't know what happened
because up until a few days ago I had wireless connection. When I
go to control panel, System, Hardware and Device Manager .... and
scroll down to Network Adapters, which would be my wireless card?
(there are no yellow question marks or red X's)
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Shenan said:
What is listed under "Network Adapters"?
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1394 Net Adapter
Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
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Then you have no wireless network adapter installed and if you have no
exclamation marks or question marks in device manager - you are either
mistaken about every having wireless network capabilities or the physical
card has been removed/burned out completely.

What type of wireless device did you have?
Was it an internal device or external USB device?

What is the make/model of the computer you have?

(Desktops do not (still) usually come with a wireless network capable device
included - so I assume this was something you specially added either at
purchase time for the system or later.)
 
Longer story short ... we had a power problem in the house a while back and
although I thought it to be coincidence, we lost our ATT modem. At that time
I had Netgear capability in my computer, and a Netgear router, that I used to
print wirelessly to my HP printer. When ATT came out, they said I had a bad
modem .. and replaced it with a combination modem/router(2wire). So, I did
have many months of wireless thru Netgear .... since the new 2wire device was
installed, the Netgear router was pulled. I can no longer print wirelessly.
So ... not sure if the power situation may have caused something or if that
is unrelated. So now you have ... the rest of the story. Hopes this helps ...
Thanks, Brian.
 
BP said:
Longer story short ... we had a power problem in the house a while back
and
although I thought it to be coincidence, we lost our ATT modem. At that
time
I had Netgear capability in my computer,
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Do you mean that you had a netgear wireless adapter installed? Or, what do
you mean by this?

There isn't really a "netgear capability". Netgear makes a variety of
standard devices, wired and wireless.
and a Netgear router,
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Did you attach your PC to the router by cable?
that I used to
print wirelessly to my HP printer.
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In which case, the wireless connection may have been between the router and
the printer, not directly between your PC and the printer.
When ATT came out, they said I had a bad
modem .. and replaced it with a combination modem/router(2wire). So, I did
have many months of wireless thru Netgear .... since the new 2wire device
was
installed, the Netgear router was pulled. I can no longer print
wirelessly.
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Which would probably indicate that the problem is that the printer is still
set up to work with the Netgear router, and the new router is set up
differently.

In that case, you need to work with the router and the printer setup, not
with your PC or XP install.

For example, it's possible that the printer is set to use a fixed IP address
of, say, 192.168.0.99, and the new router is set to use the IP range
192.168.1.x.

In that circumstance, the router knows nothing of the printer, and the
printer is just sitting there not connected to anything.

Check the router and printer manuals, and make appropriate adjustments.
Look closely at the TCP/IP settings.
So ... not sure if the power situation may have caused something or if
that
is unrelated. So now you have ... the rest of the story. Hopes this helps
...
Click to expand...

It's certainly more information, but more specific information about your
setup is needed.

HTH
-pk
 
We had a wireless Netgear router ... dont know if we had to add anything to
desktop but I was at that time able to print wirelessly.....thru the router.

Good question on the connection between computer and router ... it may have
been direct cable.

I have gone to the printer and had it look for a wireless connection and it
has recognized the 2Wire router.

Not sure where to go from here ... thanks for sticking with me on this.

Thanks,
Brian
 
BP said:
We had a wireless Netgear router ... dont know if we had to add
anything to desktop but I was at that time able to print
wirelessly.....thru the router.

Good question on the connection between computer and router ... it
may have been direct cable.

I have gone to the printer and had it look for a wireless
connection and it has recognized the 2Wire router.

Not sure where to go from here ... thanks for sticking with me on
this.
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I think you are overthinking.

Your printer may have/have had a wireless box connected to it/internal to
it. It may very well work 'wirelessly'. The confifguration of that box has
*nothing* to do with Windows or your computer other than you *may* need to
know the IP of the printer so you can print to it from your computer.

As for your computer - is there a network wire going to any routers/network
equipment from it? If so - you do not have wireless on the computer at all.

For the wireless network on your printer - that is something you will have
to refer to the manual for said device(s) about.

For the wired (only thing you have available according to your responses) -
you need to ensure you have the cable going between the computer and
whatever network devices you have (router/switch/etc.) That's a start.
 
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