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Re: [LUG] Suggested venu for meetings and rant/questions about WLAN and WWLAN cards.

 




----- Original Message ----
From: Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, 4 June, 2011 18:58:43
Subject: Re: [LUG] Suggested venu for meetings and rant/questions about WLAN and 
WWLAN cards.

On 01/06/11 12:57, JOHN DAVEY wrote:
> Hi, Shaun, thanks for the reply. I have just checked the BIOS and
> enabled everything wireles there. Although I have a feeling that I had
> these options enabled before and stillhad no joy with the wireless....OK
> I am now getting asked to install the driver for the wireless adapter.
> Which I don't have and can't find. I'm not asking anyone to find it for
> me mind, but it would be helpfull to know if one did exist on the
> internet anywhere. I spoke to DELL support and got the usual 'we don't
> support this machine cos it's old! Please buy another new one from us'
> malarky. Then was directed to a site with minimal drivers all of which
> don't seem to work.
> Maybee I just need to try them all again ?....
> Jon.
> 

Hi Jon,

Try going to http://support.euro.dell.com

Select the 'Support For Home Users' option, then select Drivers & Downloads.

There should be an option to select your machine type, select Enter A Tag and 
enter the Service Tag of the machine (it should be written on the bottom of the 
machine, failing that you can probably find it in the BIOS).  It should give you 
the drivers for exactly what in in your laptop, or at least what was in there 
when it was shipped by Dell.

I'd hazard a guess if it's a Broadcom chipset then it is probably labelled as a 
Dell Wireless 1510 or 1397 Half Minicard.  The driver for this can be found 
here: http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R219314.exe (it's 70MB!).

Failing that, you could try the Intel driver (although I'd say it's probably 
unlikely to work): http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R214566.exe

Hope this helps.

Rob

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I'll try that Rob, thanks very much. I'll let you know how I get on...
Jon.


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