Wireless drivers...which one ??

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Wireless drivers...which one ??

#1 Post by toughasnails »

I have a CF-18BHAZXKM and I just used the recovery disk to install everthing but can not get the wireless going , installed the new intel 2100 drivers but still no luck. Before I used the recovery disks I installed XP OEM used one of these drivers and it worked great but not sure which one I used. Any idea which one to use ??
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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#2 Post by toughasnails »

I guess the first one is for overseas. Tried the second one but still no wireless.
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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#3 Post by tomcat57 »

You have to go into the wireless properties and make sure that the wireless enable button is on
Look in all the property pages as I cannot remember where that is lol
Download the drivers from intel
I will post a link in a bit

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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#4 Post by tomcat57 »

Ok
This is the procedure to get it working
Go into wireless properties
The first tab is called general
It will list your card there, on my mk-2 is says intel 2200bg
Click configure
under the advanced tab it has a wireless on ,or off button
make sure its on
Report back your findings

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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#5 Post by toughasnails »

tomcat57 wrote:Blair
I beleve that your wi-fi card is a 2200bg
Are you positive you have an 2100b card?

Alex
In device manager / Network adapters it list it as a " intel pro/wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter "
Yesterday I noticed that it said " radio off " but could not turn it on. So I figured I would start over again and reinstall the drivers
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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#6 Post by toughasnails »

Well I did notice one thing the wireless switch was not installed . I got it installed and I now have it in my task bar and its turned on. Now I will have to wait untill I get home to try it..@ work , no wifi here
I will let u know how it goes
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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#7 Post by tomcat57 »

Yes it depends on the model, some have the software switch to enable
I will post the link to the recommended drivers from Intel
Just unzip and place in a folder and in device manager update to this version, even if you have to force it
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_ ... 4&lang=eng
I do not use or like the proset software
I let windows manage the connection
The 2100b are junk
I toss them out and replace them all the time
Lack of throughput and even signal quality is the issue with these very dated cards
I would as soon as possible upgrade to at minimum to a 2200bg card
Its 10 times better and only $10 on eBay

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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#8 Post by toughasnails »

Thanks for the link Alex. I must of been the wireless switch that was not installed. I just came home from work and started it up......wireless found. But I will replace it . I remember you telling someone about the 2100 and how crappy it was. These wireless cards are not the same as the CF-29's are they ?
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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#9 Post by tomcat57 »

Blair
Yes I thought it would be the switch
The mk-1 is the only cf-29 that uses the 2100b card
You will loose the centrino designation in the bios when you update the card
The laptop will start up and say Pentium M as it needs to see a 2100b card
It makes no difference to the performance other that speeding up your wi-fi connection 500%

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Re: Wireless drivers...which one ??

#10 Post by toughasnails »

Is this the card I am looking for ? Just like the one in my 29.
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CF-51 MK3LL Core 2 Duo T7600 Mod , W7, 4GB Ram, 160GB 7200RPM HDD, Finger Print Reader
CF-52MK1 Core2Duo 2GHz, Intel SSD X25 Series ,4GB , BT with dock
CF-52 MK4 i5‑2540M 2.60GHz, ATI Discrete Graphics, Intel 120GB SSD, 16GB,W7 Pro 64bit
CF-53MK1 i5/2520, Kingston Hyper X SSD 240GB, 16GB memory, W7 Pro 64bit with dock
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