Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card driver - Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

The Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility locates, manages and provides information about wireless networks in your area.
The Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility allows you to create network profiles, connect to an available network, and diagnose connection problems.
Enable the utility through an icon in the notification area of your desktop, or locate it in the programs list depending on which Dell computer you have.

Turn on the Dell laptop and make sure the wireless switch is in the "On" position.
Right-click the utility icon in the notification area of your desktop.
The icon appears as a set of four green, yellow, red or white bars, depending on the signal strength in your area.


Click "Enable Radio."


Right-click the icon and click "Open Utility" to open the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility.

Control Panel

Turn on the Dell laptop and make sure the wireless switch is in the "On" position.


Click "Start" and select "Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility."


Click the box next to "Enable Radio" and click "Apply."


Click "OK."

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/p70008/en/utility.htm


http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/p70008/en/wizard.htm

frankriessen,
That number looks to be the Express Service Code and not the system service tag. You can click the link below to download the correct WLAN driver for your system. The system shipped with one of the below card options on your system.
Internal support for PCI-e Mini-Card WLAN: Dell WLAN 5100 or Broadcom WLAN1397_1510
Bluetooth 355 V2.0 and Bluetooth 360 V2.1 wireless technology (Optional)
Vostro 1015 Driver
http://dell.to/XRBwJd
Thank You,
Dell-Jesse L
Dell Social Media and Communities

Go to the Device Manager. Double click on the Dell Wireless (1390/1490/1500) Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card device. The properties dialog should appear. Click on the Advanced tab. Look for Antenna Diversity under the Property. Change the value to Aux. Hit ok. Then try and reconnect to your WIFI connection. By changing this you should see your access point and be able to connect to it.

make sure the access point or router is on DHCP then connect the computer, but if its on dynamic IP... them enter an IP in range of what you have on your AP/Router

2 part update(s) to do:

Update the BIOS to version A09 found at Dell's website

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R192439&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1520&servicetag=&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=12915&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=6&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=1&fileid=264345


Update the 1390 WLAN driver to the latest 4.170.25.17 found at Dell's website

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R174292&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1520&servicetag=&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=9805&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=236824

This should help resolve the issue. I hope this helps.

Have you got permission to connect into her Internet using her wireless router?
If so you need to get the WPA encryption key from her to configure your wireless card's encryption to get access.

Open a command prompt and type the following command:
netsh winsock reset

This works wonders on mysterious networking problems like the one you describe here.

Hope this helps.

The 1390 WLAN Minicard may not be configured to communicate with your wireless router.
Check the wireless router settings, (check the wireless settings on your other computer) and configure the 1390 WLAN with the same settings eg. SSID, WEP/WAP encryption, etc.
Is MAC address filtering enabled on your wireless router, if so add the MAC address of the 1390 WLAN to the MAC address list in the wireless router.

Check the TCP/IP properties of the 1390 WLAN card the Internet protocol should not have a fixed IP address, set it to Obtain an IP address automatically including the DNS.

Use the Ipconfig command to see the IP configuration of the network cards.

Use the Ping command to see if you can communicate with wireless router.

Hi car7924,

First, make sure that the wireless switch on the left side of the computer is turned on (this should make the WIFI light go on -- beneath the lower right corner of the screen). If it doesn't work, then try going to Start Menu > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network Connections.

You should see the Wireless Network Adapter in the window that comes up. If you don't, you need to download the driver for that adapter. The most common adapter in the D820 is the Dell 1390 WLAN MiniCard, and the driver for it can be downloaded at the following web address:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/Others/Dell-Latitude-D530-Wireless-1390-WLAN-MiniCard-Driver-A17.shtml

If, on the other hand, you do see the Wireless Network Adapter, but it says "Disabled" underneath the name, then right-click it and select "Enable." This should make it work.

I hope this helps - please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Kind regards,
H2H

it'll not fit since your laptop needs an expresscard.
here are the list of the wireless cards that you can get:

Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card Wireless Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini Card Wireless Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini Card Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 802.11 a/b/g Mini Card Wireless Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini Card Dell Wireless 5510 HSDPA ExpressCard34 Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO or a Linksys Wec600n Wireless-N Expresscard Adapter