How to enable wireless adapter?
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Go to Start>right click on My Computer>Properties> Hardware Tap>Device Manager>locate your wireless device, you should seet it within the network adapters, If you see it> right click  on it > Enable. If you didn't see it , then your hardware isn't in your system , you should reinstall the driver from the CD drivers.
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Buy a wireless network card (if your laptop doesnt already have one).  You can buy these as USB attachments or PCMCIA cards.\n\nThen you need a wireless network to connect to. I recommend the Linksys 54g Wireless Router.  If you have another source for a wireless connection, this is not required.
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Get a wireless router.  Use the laptops wifi connection.
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You can get a wireless router and either a pciama card or a usb for the laptop. <$100 check at office depot.\nSet up you router and then install driver in laptop and have the laptop look for available wireless networks and enable.\n\nInternal wireless cards are easy to install, you just have to get the right one and the antenae.  Good luck
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get a rotour.\nand for your laptop get a wireless router.
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Enable the wireless card to accept connections.\n\nThat should be it. Also you have to have SP2 for Windows\nIt sorts out any wireless problems
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if your computer doesn't have a wireless card, go pick up a wireless  usb adapter.  it's a lot easier to set up than opening your computer and installing a pci card.\n\nhere is an example.\n\nBelkin Wireless-G USB 2.0 Network Adapter \nModel: F5D7050\nit goes for about $40, but you can always find a cheaper one from Fry's.
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conect network cable from router to laptop and enter your internet password make sure you have your wireless internet account\nactivated
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Either go to the manufacturer website or right click on the desktop, go properties, click on Setting tab, click on advance button, Click again on Adapter tab, it is there at the first line.
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Press on every physical button on / side/ below your laptop until the wireless LAN green light turns on. \nGo to Start - connect to - show all connections. Highlight wireless network, right click, and make sure its set to ENABLE
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offcourse u will get the driver CD when u bought the wireless lan card !!!! else or u will have to search it !!!! best is to use the search engine of download.com!!!! wid manufacturer's name !!!!
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to disable the connection:\n  go to the start menu -> settings -> network connections, then right click the correct connection for the wireless network and choose disable
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I'm gathering that you already have purchased the PCMCIA card.  Is there a WiFi connection available to you?  You have to have a signal in order to connect.  Just buying the card will not get you online.  If you have a wireless router connected through a broadband modem, then you will have to configure your new adapter to connect with it.\n\nAlso, and this is a very rare occassion, alcehmist is incorrect.  Not all laptops come WiFi enabled.
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find the manual with the instructions of the ap and as a minimum enable WEP\n\nhttp://www.usr.com/support/9108/9108-ug/index.htm
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you probably need to install the drivers for your wireless card.
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Wireless devices / antennas are mostly plug and play. So hardware part is easy.\n\nWindows XP will recognise it easily so drivers arent a big problem either.\n\nOnce you see "your hardware is installed and ready to use"; \n\n1. Go to Control Panel > Network Connections > and take it from there\n\n2. Second method: Start > All Programs > Accessroies > Communications > Network Setup Wizard (other options are there too)\n\nJust play around a little and you'll be good to go.\n\nFor how wireless networks work / or antenna go to www.howstuffworks.com\n\nGoogle a little about "home networking" and you'll get cool websites explaining how to setup
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you only need a USB WLAN Stick, either 54Mb (802.11g) or 11Mb (802.11b) and assure that the stick is also USB 1.1 & 1.0 compatible (all newer ones are USB 2.0)\nlooks like this\nhttp://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/58647385498080_0.jpg