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From: Andy Davison on 1 Sep 2007 13:52
I know this is going to sound really stupid but if you want wireless to work
make sure it is enabled in the BIOS first

My Dell Inspiron 1300 came with wireless disabled as default though friends
of mine who have the same model had it enabled which was why they could get
online with wireless and I couldn't even in Windows XP. I can now in Doze
and Linux with the WinXP driver through ndiswrapper (this is the first time
I have fired up WinXP for over a year)

Another good tip for getting online with wireless is to know some dopey
plonker who himself wants to go wireless and is prepared to sell you his
old 4 ethernet port router for £20 because a) he doesn't realise it is
actually a wireless router with 4 ethernet ports despite the BIG
word "wireless" on the box and that plastic stick thing in the box that
screws on the back of the router and is the aerial and b) he's just paid
over £100 for a Belkin wireless kit and doesn't want you to tell his wife
he wasted all that money <vbg>
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Andy Davison
andy [at] oiyou [dot] ukfsn [dot] org
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