How to tell if my notebook has wireless networking capabil..

External Since: Sep 01, 2004 Posts: 8

In the control panel it has under wireless link: IrDA Fast Infrared port.
Not what I'm looking for to share my desktop internet connection and printer?

Thanks all and sorry for the dumb question Wink

External Since: Jan 03, 2004 Posts: 7693

On 1 Sep 2004 12:54:57 -0700, mrjjohnson DeleteThis @hotmail.com (JJ) wrote:

>In the control panel it has under wireless link: IrDA Fast Infrared port.
>Not what I'm looking for to share my desktop internet connection and printer?
>
>Thanks all and sorry for the dumb question Wink

If you don't know (or it's an older notebook) it isn't likely to
have wifi networking feature.

Look in device manager under the "Network Adapters" or in dial-up
and network connections, where you'll see all devices present
that have been IDENTIFIED (in theory if a wifi adapter were
installed but not given driver when prompted, it wouldn't be
identified properly). In other words, you'll see what you have
listed and can search those product names to determine type. If
you only see one and notebook has a RJ45 jack on it, that would
be the wired networking adapter.

You also look at the notebook's spec sheet, possibly on
manufacturer/OEM website?