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Wireless networking on Windows 2000 SP4

  • 12-08-2009 7:29pm
    #1
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭


    I just re-installed the old harddrive into my IBM, and reinstalled the copy of Windows 2000 on it... just for ****s and giggles. Boots up and runs fine, but I can't seem to figure out how to connect the thing to a wireless network.

    I have a PCMCIA wireless card fitted... some Linksys wireless-G yoke... and I installed the driver for it, but I'm not getting any options to connect to a wireless network. It's not even looking for them There's probably some service *somewhere* I have to install..... but I don't know which one.

    Network at home is WPA protected, and doesn't broadcast an SSID. Windows 2000 came from a disk slipstreamed to SP4 (Don't give me *that* look, I had a legit product key)

    How do I configure this thing, when most networking options are asking for diallup, or whatever? There're no wireless options.


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  • #2
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    had to do that once, might not work on wpa

    think it was in...

    right click my computer
    manage
    device manager
    left click + beside network controllers
    right click your wireless adapters icon
    goto properties
    one of the tabs there allow you to type in your wifi name and key,


  • #3
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Dartz


    It's not network controlley, iot's network adapter..... That's where it shows up. Give's me no option to connect to anything.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Windows 2000 doesn't have any wireless client of its own so you need to use a third party wireless client. This may involve running the installation program for the adapter (rather than updating its driver via Device Manager). Most vendors have their own software.


  • #5
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Yeah, I gathered as much.

    The problem was, I couldn't install the Wireless client without IE6. And I couldn't get onto the Internet to download it, because I didn't have a LAN driver either.

    I got it anyway, just had to figure out what exact driver I needed and get it off the web, there were a couple of differen LAN cards in the thing. Thank **** for Linux and LSHW. Thanks folks. It's working now.


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