I am hoping someone out there can save me...or more specifically, a friend of mine. He has a Compaq laptop (I know!), and is desperately trying to set up wireless networking. He started with a Netgear router/PCMCIA card. I figured this would be great since I have a Netgear setup and it works flawlessly. Unfortunately it did not work. Everything appeared fine, and Windows (he's running XP SP2) saw the card, but it could not find any networks. We updated firmware and drivers across the board with no luck. I advised him to return the card, as it may have been faulty.
Well, he took it all back and now he has the following Linksys equipment:
BEFW11S4 v4 Wireless B Router
WPC11 Wireless B Notebook adapter
Device Manager lists his PCMCIA Controller as
02Micro OZ6912 CardBus Controller
Currently I have the router configured to broadcast SSID, with absolutely no security enabled, and the notebook still can't find the signal, though it sees the card fine. Again, drivers have been updated.
Does anybody have any ideas? My friend is about to throw the thing against the wall. He figured this wireless networking thing would be easy!!
Thanks in advance...
Jeff.
Well, he took it all back and now he has the following Linksys equipment:
BEFW11S4 v4 Wireless B Router
WPC11 Wireless B Notebook adapter
Device Manager lists his PCMCIA Controller as
02Micro OZ6912 CardBus Controller
Currently I have the router configured to broadcast SSID, with absolutely no security enabled, and the notebook still can't find the signal, though it sees the card fine. Again, drivers have been updated.
Does anybody have any ideas? My friend is about to throw the thing against the wall. He figured this wireless networking thing would be easy!!
Thanks in advance...
Jeff.
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