How can I set my new laptop to be network activated?

Hi Chris,

Make sure that both Computers are turned ON if you are printing from Win7 through Win xp

Also make sure that the printer is installed on both machines and that the printer sharing is set up, and that both computers are on the same Workgroup.
Also make sure that the Turn On network discovery is activated in windows7 for XP to be able to detect it on the network, and that the File Printer Sharing is also activated, make sure everything in the sharing settings is activated in the network.

I hope that this will help,

mvincentc

Ask the SIM CARD dealer that your Card activated/deactivate when you purchase it. After clear that insert your sim card and wait for computer response.ie. New Divice found... Now got to control panel and select Network setting. Change them if it is not ready to use... thanks

It appears that your notebook has wifi capability. You need to be certain that your network settings are correct. You need to get to your wireless network settings. Follow these directions:

Go to My Network Places, right click on My Network Places to get a menu
Choose Properties on the menu, You will see a new window open
Look for the wireless network connection and right click on the wireless network to get a menu
choose Properties to open another window. Look inside the window for TCP/IP settings.
Click on TCP/IP and choose properties.

Make sure that "Obtain IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS address Automatically" are both checked so that you are able to connect to your wireless router. That is the usual TCP/IP settings for most home networks.

I hope that this helps.

Brian

In the control panel network setting, connect using 'connect to a workplace'. Ofcourse with a LAN cable, insert one end of the cable to the pc as well as the other to the router. Put in the usual parameters.

If your using Vista: (64bit and cant download the program to clear arp error)

Start > Network > Network and Sharing Center > Manage Wireless Network > Highlight your Wireless connection ( Select Remove) > Add > Then go through the process of finding your wireless connection and you magically got back your protected wireless agian.

Hope this solves it.

If you have not been able to check this at all yet, please uninstall anything you install for the NIC and reinstall drivers... after that you can also try making sure the DNS is set correctly...

http://forum.dreamhosters.com/troubleshooting/76452-Is-my-DNS-correct.htm

check the bios of the laptop to make sure the network card is enabled (at the BIOS hardware level)
check the FN + (F#) switch to activate the network adapter. for example, IBM\Lenovo is FN + F5 to activate the bluetooth and network adapter cards. In many cases, these settings are separate from the driver and software settings on the computer itself.

I am going to assume that you have a Linksys wireless router connected to your computer.

The network key is set in the router by using it's set-up page. Usually, you type in a 26 character code or a text string that is used to form the key.
After setting up the router, you turn on the laptop, scan for available networks, and select yours. Then you enter the network key, which will be exactly same as that you entered into the router setup.

If you are having trouble connecting from the laptop, I suggest you first try setting up the wireless router to use no encryption, just to make sure the laptop can find the network. Once this has been established, activate the security features.

FW

Your new laptop,

Are you searching for a new wireless network? Then your router doesn't show up on the list of networks?

I can rephrase if need be.