no wireless or network access after Windows re-install

[chrissib]

Having re-installed Windows XP on my HP Compaq 6910p laptop, there is now no network access, where there was before.

 

I have a wired card, but used to connect to my router wirelessly. When I look at the hardware, it is only has the 1394 connection showing, and no others. I have been advised that this maybe due to missing drivers.

 

I have looked on the manufacturers website and think I have found the card, and downloaded the appropriate driver, but the network cards still do not appear on the hardware.

 

Not sure what I am doing wrong.

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

These are the suggested network Drivers for your machine:

click here

 

I have a wired card,

Is this a PCI card ( additional card in a slot ) ?

If so - what is the make and model number of this card?

 

I have looked on the manufacturers website and think I have found the card

Which one did you try?

[chrissib]

according to the laptop manual, there is a section on WLAN, and this is the model mentioned '802.11a/b/g/n Broadcom WLAN modules:'

 

so I looked on the HP website and it suggested I download a driver update file, which in turn extracted a list of drivers. I put these onto a memory stick and then tried to install them on my laptop, to no avail.

[Plastic Nev]

How did you try to install the drivers please?

Are all the drivers on that list required, or is it a case of select which one you need from the list?

 

The usual way to install a driver when it is on a memory stick is to transfer the driver to the desktop first, then double click on the icon that appears. The installation then takes place.

 

Nev.

[KenB]

From my previous link:

 

Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver

 

Try this

[chrissib]

link just hangs when clicking download option

[chrissib]

ok got it from another source, but still doesn't work. Run the installation exe file on my laptop, and still the network card does not show.

[chrissib]

in network connections it just shows 1394 connection. In system devices, it shows only the 1394 adaptor, but in system information it shows WAN miniport installed, PPTP + PPPOE, both with MAC addresses and drivers installed. I don't know what these are, but if it has a MAC address, then I am assuming this is being seen on a network at the physical layer. Yet windows (hence laptop) cant see them as being installed...

[KenB]

If you managed to install the correct driver it would show in Device Manager.

 

I have just downloaded the file from the link in post #5

It also runs through the installation process.

 

Please try this link again as I am sure that this is the driver that you need.

Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver

 

The connection is a bit slow - but it gets there in the end

[chrissib]

ok, the link still doesn't work, but I think that's my internet connection on my PC... ( links from searches get redirected, unless I copy the actual URL - this is listed under another post)

 

Back to this problem, I got the same exe file from another source, loaded and run the exe file, but still makes no difference. I think you are right in the fact that I need the driver, but none of the one's I have downloaded work.

 

If I look in the hardware under system information, of installed devices, there are WAN miniports with drivers listed as installed, but still does not show in network connections.