Jodo
06-09-2005, 05:15 PM
Hi all,
I have just been given an old P3 system for my daughter and want to connect it to my own system on a wireless network (as cheaply as possible). Both systems are running XP Pro. I bought an old D-Link DWL-1000AP wireless access point and a wireless adapter. My broadband modem (Motorola Surfboard 4100) is connected to my system via USB and is working, and I have connected the access point to the network card via ethernet, but all I am getting is a "network cable unplugged" message.
As a sidenote, I have installed the driver and then put the wireless adapter in the P3 system but it is not recognised. I read on the box that it uses PCI v2.2 and am wondering whether the motherboard supports this (it is dated 1999). The computer is a Compaq DeskPro En 815E, and the manual says nothing about the PCI version number.
Sorry for the longwinded post but I wanted to give as much detail as possible. Any help will be massively appreciated.....thanks
Jodo
I have just been given an old P3 system for my daughter and want to connect it to my own system on a wireless network (as cheaply as possible). Both systems are running XP Pro. I bought an old D-Link DWL-1000AP wireless access point and a wireless adapter. My broadband modem (Motorola Surfboard 4100) is connected to my system via USB and is working, and I have connected the access point to the network card via ethernet, but all I am getting is a "network cable unplugged" message.
As a sidenote, I have installed the driver and then put the wireless adapter in the P3 system but it is not recognised. I read on the box that it uses PCI v2.2 and am wondering whether the motherboard supports this (it is dated 1999). The computer is a Compaq DeskPro En 815E, and the manual says nothing about the PCI version number.
Sorry for the longwinded post but I wanted to give as much detail as possible. Any help will be massively appreciated.....thanks
Jodo