Wireless Lan Card.. Please help me..

[Sonance_1]

Hello,

I recently reinstalled Windows XP on my other computer which uses a wireless connection to connect to the internet. (The computer connects to this one.. I think)

I reinstalled the wireless card with the CD and it just shows up saying "Wireless Lan Card - Does not exsist" when I hover my mouse over it.

Is there anyone that can help me with this problem ?

My BUS and PCI device's all show up as not working either in the Device Manager..

The card shows up on Everest as:
Network Adapter 802.11b WLAN PCI

I would appreciate your help alot..
I'll give the entire Everest information just incase it comes in handy:

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name WADE-622SMYP9YU
User Name Wade

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 531, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Intel Grantsdale i915P
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (03/22/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter ATI Radeon X700 LE (RV410)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X700 LE (RV410)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801FB ICH6 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-1]

Storage
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD2000JS-00MHB0 (186 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B (DVD+R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-RAM:5x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:40x/24x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 131061 MB (111437 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 59718 MB (59547 MB free)
Total Size 186.3 GB (167.0 GB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

Network
Network Adapter 802.11b WLAN PCI (192.168.1.2)

Peripherals
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB2 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [B-1]

Thank you, I'd really appreciate the help!

[Kevin_gibson]

Does your WLAN card show up in Device Manager? under network adapters, or other hardware?

[ilanp]

After you've connected the hardware, try to go through Control Panel -> Add New Hardware -> select "I've already connected my hardware." and follow the steps, it should get recognized. To see if your PC does see the card, right click My Computer -> go to the Hardware tab -> click Device Manager and you should see your card under Network Adapters either with or without a yellow "!" mark, as Kevin said in the above post.

If the yellow "!" mark is by the device, the PC doesn't recognize the device and you will need to install the drivers for it. Right clicking the device and selecting 'Update Driver' should do the trick once you have the driver, you can get the driver from the manufacturer's website or from a CD which came with the card itself.

Goodluck

[Sonance_1]

I have added the Network Adapter through Add Hardware but the only thing that I can install for it is "Microsoft Loop Adapter" ... Nothing else shows up!

Any suggestions.. ?

[Sonance_1]

Okay, I fixed the original problem and have the wireless installed!

But when my downstairs computer (the one using wireless) goes to access Internet Explorer - The bottem of the Internet Explorer screen saysing "Searching for Proxy..." and nothing happens...

Any suggetions ?