How to connect to wireless?

[sleppy]

I reformatted my friend's desktop, but I need to customize it so it can connect to the wireless connection. How can I do this? My friend isn't sure if he has a disk or not of the router/modem. So is there any way of connecting the desktop to the wireless connection?


(it's a WinXP pc)

[sleppy]

bump! :) :)

[ajvoegtl]

You don't often need the disk of the router, but of the wireless adapter. To access the router, simply enter the default gateway into a webbrowser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. To find this hit Start, Run, cmd and then type ipconfig. My default gateway is 192.168.1.1, so I would enter that like I would a website. If it asks for a name/password, try admin for both (several routers default to this). Here you can usually configure the routers wireless capabilities.

With a fresh format, and no wireless adapter driver disc, your friend will either have to make a physical connection to the internet, or get someone else to and burn the files to a CD. The particular files will depend on the make and model of the network card. If the computer recognizes the device, you can find it by right clicking on My Computer, Properties, the Hardware tab, device manager, and then find the section that says Network Adapters. It should be under there.

Give that a try and see if it works.

[johnwill]

Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

The name of your ISP and country of residence.
Make/model of the broadband modem. If dial-up, please specify.
Make/model of the router (if any).
Connection type, wired, wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.)
Make/model of network card or wireless adapter.
Make/model of your computer (motherboard if home-built).
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP2, Vista, etc.

Also, please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.