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Network adapters
and you should see
IEEE 802.11g USB Wireless LAN
. If
there is no yellow question mark or exclamation mark, the driver is installed properly.
B
.
If you do not see your wireless router/access point in the Available Network list,
reset your wireless router/access point and click on
Refresh
.
C
.
If WEP is ON, it means that the wireless router/access point has encryption
enabled. Be sure to set the identical encryption settings on the USB adapter’s utility
as well.
D
.
If the adapter has adequate signal strength and link quality, but cannot access the
Internet, verify that you are able to obtain an IP address from your wireless
router/access point.
For Windows 98SE/ME
Step 1
Go to
Start
,
Run
, type
winipcfg
and click
OK
.
Step 2
Select the adapter from the drop-down menu and click
Release
.
Step 3
After the IP address is released, click
Renew
. You should get an IP address
like
192.168.x.y
(where
x
and
y
are unique numbers assigned by your wireless
router/access point). If you don’t get an IP address, reset the wireless router/access
point and then try
Renew
again.
For Windows 2000/XP