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5 Responses to “How To Connect A Pc To A Wireless Internet Connection?”

1. J.J.'s Advice / Avis de J.J. on January 29th, 2010 at 12:04 pm

   I would suspect that if you have a modern version of Windows and it isn’t detecting your wi-fi, but it does work on the laptop, then the problem is that your PC doesn’t have a wireless card. You have to either buy a PCMIA or USB wireless adaptor.

2. liveAndL on January 29th, 2010 at 4:17 pm

   to connect the new pc to the wireless network You make sure it has a wireless network card first
   Wireless nic
   if it does have then you will go to start
   connect to
   and choose the ssid of your wireless WAP
   and connect to it you may need to enter a password if it is a secured wireless access point
   you will also need to make sure that the winowns zero configuration service is started
   (to do this )
   right click my computer
   click manage
   and click services
   and scroll down to the bottom
   where it says windows zero configuration
   and start it
   That if you have a wireless card on the new pc
   you will know if you look at the back of your pc for an antena
   or You can use a usb wireless NIC
   if you do not have one
   then you will need an RJ45 Cable (ethernet cable)
   hook it to the RJ connector on the back of your pc and the other end goes to any empty port available on the wireless router
   you will be able to connect
   Good luck

3. johnnyd3 on January 29th, 2010 at 4:55 pm

   If you are talking about connecting a Desktop computer to a wireless internet connection. The the Computer has to have a wireless network adapter. Either built into the computer or installed in the computer as an add-on card or USB device. Is this what you are asking about?

4. Anonymous on January 29th, 2010 at 9:09 pm

   Try again.
   Make sure the drivers for your 802.11x (wifi) NIC are installed correctly and up to date.
   If DHCP still does not work, and there is nothing wrong with your connection, just use static IP and enter your nameservers directly into Windows.
   If you don’t know the addresses, you can grab them off of another machine that has working connection.
   In Windows just run ipconfig /all and write down namesever addresses.

5. Christopher M on January 30th, 2010 at 2:59 am

   find the wireless switch on the computer