Why my wifi adapter is not in device manager

[stealme]

i recently installed w7on a gateway laptop. the drivers did not install. I was able to get the ethernet adapter to work,but the wifi card is not even showing up. how do I fix this?

 

[RealBeast]

You need to install the wireless driver -- it should be available for download at the gateway web site.

 

[hang-the-9]

Your laptop may not even have drivers for Windows 7. If not, you can get an external WiFi (USB probably) adapter that does have 7 drivers.