My Dell laptop says it has a wireless 1370 mini PCI Card,
i'm on AOL Broadband at home and have a router,
but i cannot get my laptop online,
how do i turn on OR activate my wireless card on my laptop?
excuse me if i sound a bit thick, i'm just new to this!
2006-12-02 02:26:49 · 9 answers · asked by steveblade2005 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
did you turn the little internet switch on the side of the laptop on?
2006-12-02 02:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey!!!Lets now...
First go & see if ur router is wireless(If it's wireless u'll see a antenna comming out of the router),next thing check if ur Wireless Network is enabled on ur Dell Laptop...
After u have done this u'll see an icon which is kinda moniter with a sign which gives u the wireless feeling... ;-)
Well u open it & refresh to find new networks...connect to the one u want, in ur case to ur router by double clicking it...If it gives u the msg with two options that to connect anyway or cancel...Choose Connect Anyway.....
& there u have it....Wireless Internet Connetion....
If u dont understand what i said u can always contact me at
Smarty_nash24@yahoo.co.in
Good Luck......
2006-12-02 11:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by Drift King 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My laptop also has a built in wireles card, but I had to contact my phone supplier and they sent me out a wireles box at a charge. That is connected to my cable box. They sent me another wireless card to insert into my laptop so the built in wireless card is now redundant. Sorry if this isn't very techy. I'm also new at this.
2006-12-02 10:34:05 · answer #3 · answered by chickenpooski 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume your router is wireless. the router has to broadcast a signal for the PC to receive it. on a dell laptop it is usually the fn + F2 button to enable/disable wireless.
2006-12-02 10:34:13 · answer #4 · answered by reevesfarm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ive got a dell inspiron
on mine i just push the fn button & f2 button at the same time
then ive got wireless internet urs shud be the same
2006-12-03 07:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by little miss sunshine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did the exact same thing took me ages to realize there was a switch on the side of my laptop to activate it!
good luck!
2006-12-02 10:31:57 · answer #6 · answered by Nigi-magic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the router is wireless, and uses the same protocol. Such as 11b, or 11a.
2006-12-02 10:30:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a wireless card go and aks bestbuy and hey will help you
2006-12-02 10:32:00 · answer #8 · answered by lolok923 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take off the cord DUUH everyone knows that ! wait nooo u dont
2006-12-02 10:34:31 · answer #9 · answered by lisa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋