Wireless network connection for my laptop

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Hifisci

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I want to connect my Dell 2002 laptop with windows XP to our home internet connection which is tiscali broadband in the UK (in London).

I am aware that a router is needed to achieve this. I already have an old router, but it has no documentation or disks or anything with it and I don't know whether or not it can be made use of to any extent.

I also don't know whether or my laptop has an inbuilt wireless capability or whether I will have to buy one of those wireless connection cards to install.
The Dell laptop is an inspiron 2650. I'm not sure if it has any inbuilt wireless capabilities and I have not yet been able to find it on Dell's website. Among its hardware devices I did find a USB root hub listed if that signifies anything?

Someone once attempted to install an 802.11g wireless LAN card on this computer but it is competely ineffectual. I'm not sure why that is nor exactly what the card was. It had an empty SSID box, whatever that is :S

I was wondering, on XP's network configuration wizard, what it expects you to do about networking up computers that also have XP? When it says to use the XP disk on the other computers, does it mean you to do that if they also have XP and is it asking for its own XP startup cd to be inserted into its own drive as well?

Thank you very much.
 
well, for starters, from what i found on the internet (google xD), your laptop doesnt have a wireless card, so youre gonna have to buy either a USB wireless adaptor or plug in wireless card (cant remember the name). and from what i can tell from what you have written, all you need to do when the wireless adaptor is intalled, is make sure that all of the computers on the network are on the same Workgroup.

thats my attempt at helping, sorry if its no help lol.
 
Also, you say it's an old router. It more than likely isnt wireless, but if you tell us the model, we can find out. ;)
 
Thanks

It's an Addon router. I just checked my service tag on Dell's website and it said that it came with "NO NETWORK CARD" which most likely means that it has no inbuilt wireless capabilities :confused:
 
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