(vista) laptop can't find wireless connection.

[crelm1974]

I have a ADSL connection powering wireless connections to two PC's at my home successfully. However, I also have an Alienware Aurora series laptop that I just installed vista on and it can't detect a wireless connection now. In the device manager it says that the NIC is working but the ethernet connection isn't. I don't have the old installation disks for the Alienware and, of course, I can't dl them. Is there something I'm missing about connecting wirelessly with vista?

CE

 

[JackMDS]

In the device manager it says that the NIC is working but the ethernet connection isn't.?

Waht exactly it means.

http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html

Are you sure that the Wireless NIC is working correctly, in most cases old Wireless does not have Vista drivers.

Few old Wireless cards might have upgraded Vista drivers, most do not have, and would not have.

I.e. many Wireless laptops that was bought in the past would never do Wireless with Vista unless fitted witj new cards. The old chipsets are simple not capable to deal with a new OS.