wireless internet card

how do I know if my laptop came with a wireless internet card?

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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:27:02 -0800, mc wrote:

> how do I know if my laptop came with a wireless internet card?

Read the manual. Go to control panel > system > hardware > device manger.
Depending on the manufacturor and model, look for the configuration
application under programs.

BobC

under network adaptors it lists " instant wireless USB network adapter ver.
2.6#2" and "realtek RTL8139/810x family fast ethernet NIC". does that mean I
have the wireless internet already installed or that it just has
capabilities? thanks!

"BobC" wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:27:02 -0800, mc wrote:
>
> > how do I know if my laptop came with a wireless internet card?
>
> Read the manual. Go to control panel > system > hardware > device manger.
> Depending on the manufacturor and model, look for the configuration
> application under programs.
>

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mc wrote:

> under network adaptors it lists " instant wireless USB network adapter ver.
> 2.6#2" and "realtek RTL8139/810x family fast ethernet NIC". does that mean I
> have the wireless internet already installed or that it just has
> capabilities? thanks!
>
> "BobC" wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:27:02 -0800, mc wrote:
> >
> > > how do I know if my laptop came with a wireless internet card?
> >
> > Read the manual. Go to control panel > system > hardware > device manger.
> > Depending on the manufacturor and model, look for the configuration
> > application under programs.
> >

You're really better off reading the printed documentation that came with your
laptop. The Realtek device is the wired ethernet interface. The other entry
appears to refer to a Linksys WUSB11 wireless network adapter. This is a
little blue box with an antenna that connects via a USB cable, and typically
would NOT come with a new laptop. In any event, you'd know if if had one. It
looks like this: http://tinyurl.com/c9gow

If you really don't want to read, start your laptop and take a look at the
"notification area" next to the time display in the lower right corner. If you
see an icon of a little computer with three curvy lines next to it, you have a
wireless adapter in your computer (see http://tinyurl.com/aq8tk for a picture --
it's the one with a red x in the picture, but yours won't have the x).

Lem