WHY!!! Laptop wont detect wifi card

barbee · 09-25-2004

I am hoping someone will be able to help me, I have a toshiba satellite pro 4200. i have a xircom network card installed and it works fine, i can access my high speed internet through it. BUT... i just bought a wifi card and after installing it in the card slot and turning on the computer XP didnt detect the card.... I have tried three different brands of wifi cards, any ideas???

Thanks.

peekitty · 09-25-2004

Strange. Don't they show up in device mangler at all? List the cards you've tried so far.

wrzwaldo · 09-25-2004

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Originally Posted by barbee

I am hoping someone will be able to help me, I have a toshiba satellite pro 4200. i have a xircom network card installed and it works fine, i can access my high speed internet through it. BUT... i just bought a wifi card and after installing it in the card slot and turning on the computer XP didnt detect the card.... I have tried three different brands of wifi cards, any ideas???

Thanks.

Is there any software that needs installed?

jrcsnet · 09-26-2004

So the PC Card based ethernet card works fine... but not the 802.11? Or is the xircom one not PC card?

If that is the case, check the bios to make sure the PC card slots are enabled. I've seen a similar occurance like this before on a compaq and that was the cause.

digix · 10-09-2004

im having a somewhat similar issue with my sony pcg-fr130 laptop and my linksys g card. xp will recognize the card just fine and install and such, but it wont seem to connect to any networks, my home network nor the one at work. i have double checked all the settings twice, tried new drivers, updated my bios, changed some settings in xp, and nothing seems to work.

the card works great in NS btw...

just not for regular network usage....

any ideas?

jrcsnet · 10-09-2004

What connection manager are you using? The standard WZC one? I know personally I've had a hell of a time getting some linksys cards to work with the linksys program... but uninstall that and install winc, and it works fine.

09-25-2004	#1 (permalink)
barbee Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1	WHY!!! Laptop wont detect wifi card I am hoping someone will be able to help me, I have a toshiba satellite pro 4200. i have a xircom network card installed and it works fine, i can access my high speed internet through it. BUT... i just bought a wifi card and after installing it in the card slot and turning on the computer XP didnt detect the card.... I have tried three different brands of wifi cards, any ideas??? Thanks.

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digix Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1	similar issue im having a somewhat similar issue with my sony pcg-fr130 laptop and my linksys g card. xp will recognize the card just fine and install and such, but it wont seem to connect to any networks, my home network nor the one at work. i have double checked all the settings twice, tried new drivers, updated my bios, changed some settings in xp, and nothing seems to work. the card works great in NS btw... just not for regular network usage.... any ideas? Last edited by digix : 10-09-2004 at 11:40 AM.

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09-25-2004	#2 (permalink)
peekitty Macaca Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Posts: 1,056	Strange. Don't they show up in device mangler at all? List the cards you've tried so far.

09-26-2004	#4 (permalink)
jrcsnet Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 76	So the PC Card based ethernet card works fine... but not the 802.11? Or is the xircom one not PC card? If that is the case, check the bios to make sure the PC card slots are enabled. I've seen a similar occurance like this before on a compaq and that was the cause.

10-09-2004	#6 (permalink)
jrcsnet Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 76	What connection manager are you using? The standard WZC one? I know personally I've had a hell of a time getting some linksys cards to work with the linksys program... but uninstall that and install winc, and it works fine.