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Installing wireless on a machine with no wireless switch
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Installing wireless on a machine with no wireless switch
I have installed a wireless card on a Compaq Presario 2200 laptop and tested it out with an antenna from a Toshiba A100 and an HP V6000 to no avail. (No networks found).
It also shows 'check to make sure the wireless switch is on'. This laptop has only got a plastic cover over where the switch would normally be, so is there any way to get the machine to use the new wireless without having to find a little switch for it? Cheers Blair |
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You need to use a USB wireless adapter with the proper software installed
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Surely there's a way to get it running? there's a need to not have a wireless card / stick poking out of the machine.
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mini pci wifi
was looking into this for my laptop, easy enough to fit antenas inside the case and fit a mini pci wifi card.
think there are 2 issues. whether the manufacturer supports the card whether you can use a software switch to turn the card on/off |
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It works. For some completely unexplained and unknown reason the thing works! Picks up and connects to our home network no worries. Not entirely sure why now, maybe a extra restart was required?
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