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I am having trouble communicating with a verizon wireles network. Other computers are okay, my 1450 works on laptops.. but on my dell dimension 3000 machine it,s not connecting to the network? What am I missing?
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Most likely the adapter and the hotspot do not support the same wireless standards. Verify they both support a similar standard and they the hotspot is broadcasting in that standard. Current standards are 802.11a,b,g,n
Hi,
if you are not getting no sound, from the computer and you have checked all the hardware settings. The problem could be that you are missing drivers for windows sound devices . You can try downloading and installing the drivers from the following link
It seems that you have Dell Desktop computer, unless you requested a wireless card to be put into the computer, it would not come with one. Just like stang_1 mentioned, you should check your network adapters to see if your wireless card is listed. Also since it is a desktop, you can check the back of it to see if you have an Antenna sticking out of it. That would indicate that you have a wireless card on the PCI slot. And if that is the case and you do not see it listed in the network connections, check the Device Manager and make sure that the drivers are installed properly.
You may get some benefit from downloading and installing Netstumbler
This util will allow you to scan the channels and select a chanel with less devices on it. then change the broadcast channel in the wifi router. This may reduce interference in the connection.
Also cordless phones are notorious for interfering with wifi routers so put some distance between the router and the base if you can.
Another option is to get an external antenna for the router to boost signal strength
something like THIS or THIS and place up high on a shelf. Just check your router antenna is the sort that comes off... should unscrew. not all do unfortunately so be careful not to break yours!!
BTW - the router is not a bad unit but it also is not the best around either REVIEW
I had to reinstall XP like 6 months ago, on a dimensions 3000.just reinstall the drivers. here i think this is all of the drivers. just start "Dell Driver Reset Tool.EXE" and run "Sownd driver for 3000.EXE" driver for vga "Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller.exe" and the Ethernet driver "Intel PRO100 VE Network Connection.exe" Click Here for a zip of all the drivers.
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