Need info: Using wireless card with Infinion 8000

[Guest]

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I have a Infinion 8000 laptop with built-in ethernet support,
which still runs WinME.

I'm trying to get a wireless network going, but I'm not sure if there's
something wrong or not. When I plug in the wireless card (a 802.11g),
and then proceed to power-up, the laptop beeps once during the
WinME startup sequence (the screen is "black" at the time). The
laptop does indeed come up all the way, but I'm not getting a
wireless connection.

I suspect that the connection issue may still be a configuration
problem (I have a printout of a support answer sheet that suggests
I look at the control panel settings for the wireless card adaptor).

My concern is leaning towards the "beep" -- is this normal?

Thanks,
Bob

 

[BigJim]

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I guess you install the software to run the wireless card, and I can tell
you that I installed windows xp on a 8000 laptop and the card was
recognized with no problem so it sounds like a driver problem for the card.
<Bob_Myers@raytheon.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Infinion 8000 laptop with built-in ethernet support,
> which still runs WinME.
>
> I'm trying to get a wireless network going, but I'm not sure if there's
> something wrong or not. When I plug in the wireless card (a 802.11g),
> and then proceed to power-up, the laptop beeps once during the
> WinME startup sequence (the screen is "black" at the time). The
> laptop does indeed come up all the way, but I'm not getting a
> wireless connection.
>
> I suspect that the connection issue may still be a configuration
> problem (I have a printout of a support answer sheet that suggests
> I look at the control panel settings for the wireless card adaptor).
>
> My concern is leaning towards the "beep" -- is this normal?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob