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charlie_niner

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#431 19-Aug-2003 21:59
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Hi - I have a Toshiba TE2000 laptop which (according to the specs) has an integrated wifi antenna. There is a wireless on/off switch on the side of the machine but I can see no reference in the hardware device manager to anything resembling wireless hardware.

Question - do I need to buy anything else in order to connect to a wireless network, like a pcmcia card or something, or are the integrated components all I need??

Thanks in advance.

Craig
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  #2629 5-Jan-2004 22:58
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you will need a wireless network to connect to... so if your at home then you will need a router that is capable of broadcasting either an 802.11b or 802.11g connection... otherwise there is no wireless lan for you to connect to in the first place...

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  #2631 6-Jan-2004 07:10
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Charlie, when you open My Network Place properties (right-click it), can you see some network adapters? One of then should be the wireless adapter. You can try downloading Netstumbler to see if it's working.




 

 

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