vanewbie wrote:
> Thanks very much guys.
>
> I have tried going to my wireless network through control panel then clicked
> "show available wireless networks" but I get "windows cannot configure - if
> you have enabled another program to manage the wireless connection, use that
> software"
>
> So I think I made the mistake of going half-way down the MS/Intel road, but
> then trying my local phone provider, so now I am stuck at the fork in the
> road and don't know how to get back!
>
> So please give me a trail of breadcrumbs to follow back to where I started,
> then I shall try using the Intel program with my phone company router.
>
> Thanks again!--
> Vanewbie
>
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
>
>
>>Hi
>>
>>The "Intel Network" is the installation of your Laptops Wireless Card.
>>
>>Since Internet Provider gave you a Wireless Router, you need the Intel Card
>>in the Laptop in order to connect to the 2wire Wireless Router.
>>
>>Read the 2wire instructions it should tell you how to create a wireless
>>connection.
>>
>>Here you can find a forum dedicated to 2wire hardware,
>>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/2wire
>>
>>Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>>
>>
>>"vanewbie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:689F49BA-49CB-4BEA-8EA7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>I am trying to set up my laptop (Fujitu S Sereies Lifebook) so I can work
>>>wirelesly at home.
>>>
>>>My highspeed internet comes through a 2WIRE 2700 HG-E router.
>>>
>>>When following Windows "set-up wireless network" I noticed there seems
>>>to
>>>be a default wireless network "Intel(R) PRO/wireless" consisting of about
>>>8
>>>separate bits. I found his by going to "Network Connections" from control
>>>panel, then right clicking on "wireless network".
>>>
>>>Problem is this : my internet comes from a local phone company and their
>>>help guys recommend I use their wireless network, so I tried to uninstall
>>>the
>>>Intel network, but cannot!
>>>
>>>I do want to use my phone company's wireless network, so what should I do?
>>>How do I uninstall the Intel wireles network, and is it advisable to do so
>>>?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>--
>>>Vanewbie
>>
>>
>>
Your description of an "Intel network," a "phone company's wireless
network," and the "MS/Intel road" are very confusing.
What Jack and David have assumed -- and it seems likely to me, too -- is
that you have two different software utilities configuring the Intel
wireless hardware that is installed in your notebook. One of these
software utilities comes from Intel, and is called "Intel
PROSet/Wireless Software." The other one comes from Microsoft, built
into Windows XP, and is called "Windows Wireless Zero Configuration" or WZC.
In Intel's words:
"The Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software v10.5 works in conjunction with
Intel® PRO/Wireless Network Connection hardware to connect your notebook
or desktop computer to a wireless LAN."
WZC _also_ works with the _same_ hardware to accomplish the _same_ result.
You often see problems if both software utilities are running at the
same time. See Jack's site,
http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html, for how to
deal with this problem.
Once you get your notebook using a single wireless configuration
utility, you can configure your connection to connect to your 2Wire
router, which is what I assume you mean by your "phone company's
wireless network."
--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
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