laptop - wireless to printer

Hi All,
Easynote E6310
S/N 266905590231

I have just purchased a wireless printer and cant get the laptop to
connect to it.
I know this seems a stupid question but all i can find in my device
manager is an VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter, Is this the actual
device that "beams" the wi-fi signals to the printer? Or do i need to
purchase a usb style dongle to send the signals ?
When i originally purchased my laptop, some years ago now , i believed
that it was wireless capable but its so long ago i cant remember !
I also have wireless broadband on the way in the next week or so and
need to get this sorted soon.

Thanks in advance.


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groovyg wrote:
> Hi All,
> Easynote E6310
> S/N 266905590231
>
> I have just purchased a wireless printer and cant get the laptop to
> connect to it.
> I know this seems a stupid question but all i can find in my device
> manager is an VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter, Is this the actual
> device that "beams" the wi-fi signals to the printer? Or do i need to
> purchase a usb style dongle to send the signals ?
> When i originally purchased my laptop, some years ago now , i believed
> that it was wireless capable but its so long ago i cant remember !
> I also have wireless broadband on the way in the next week or so and
> need to get this sorted soon.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=36239
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Your laptop does NOT have a wireless capability. It is wired Ethernet only.
Go here download the manual and read it.
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/it...ppn=PB15B00201
Then read the manual for your broadband to see if you can hook up to it
wired or not. Wireless will require a pccard or usb wireless adapter.

groovyg wrote:
> Hi All,
> Easynote E6310
> S/N 266905590231
>
> I have just purchased a wireless printer and cant get the laptop to
> connect to it.
> I know this seems a stupid question but all i can find in my device
> manager is an VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter,

Sounds like you don't have wireless in your laptop. The Via rhine II is
a standard ethernet card, probably supporting the normal network port on
your laptop.

> Is this the actual
> device that "beams" the wi-fi signals to the printer? Or do i need to
> purchase a usb style dongle to send the signals ?

You need some addon. Either ausb dongle or a PC-card type wireless card.

> I also have wireless broadband on the way in the next week or so and
> need to get this sorted soon.

Be aware that getting wireless working isn't trivial.

groovyg wrote:
> Hi All,
> Easynote E6310
> S/N 266905590231
>
> I have just purchased a wireless printer and cant get the laptop to
> connect to it.
> I know this seems a stupid question but all i can find in my device
> manager is an VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter, Is this the actual
> device that "beams" the wi-fi signals to the printer? Or do i need to
> purchase a usb style dongle to send the signals ?

Buy a CardBus wireless card, not a USB dongle, if the laptop is that old.

It's fairly easy to set up a wireless printer when the wireless is built
in. I have a wireless print server which was complicated to set up.