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    Question wireless card problem

    I am trying to install a TRENDnet TEW-221PC card into a older Compaq notebook and I am not having any success. Are there certain specs needed to make it work. It shows that it is connected but I can not get it to find my DSL router connection, it attempts to dial-up instead... Very frustrating
    Heard at a local auto-repair shop:
    "I couldn't repair your brakes,
    so I made your horn louder."

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    A system tray app is installed that gives a readout of signal strength. Opening the app lets you see both link quality and signal strength, alongside total throughput numbers, real-time.

    Do you have that? Did you install the CD utilities that came with it. THEN REBOOT?
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    Originally posted by Murf
    A system tray app is installed that gives a readout of signal strength. Opening the app lets you see both link quality and signal strength, alongside total throughput numbers, real-time.

    Do you have that? Did you install the CD utilities that came with it. THEN REBOOT?
    Yes to all of this, I just can not get it to connect to the intrnet via DSL
    Heard at a local auto-repair shop:
    "I couldn't repair your brakes,
    so I made your horn louder."

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    BUMP
    Heard at a local auto-repair shop:
    "I couldn't repair your brakes,
    so I made your horn louder."

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    OK, lets see if the modem is talking at all:

    START | RUN

    Type in command into the Open box and click OK. This will open the MS-DOS (Command) Prompt window.

    Enter ipconfig /all and press Enter you should see something similiar to this:

    C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>ipconfig /all

    Windows 98 IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . : customer.cox.net
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 209.166.160.45
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 209.166.160.46
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
    NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
    NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : Yes

    1 Ethernet adapter :

    Description . . . . . . . . : Fast Ethernet Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-10-AF-EC-21-3C
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    Primary WINS Server . . . . :
    Secondary WINS Server . . . :
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

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