I cannot connect my 1450 Dell wireless adapter to my new inspirion 5805. It shows up in the device but keeps asking for the driver. It is running Windows 7 premium. In my device manager it shows under networks adapters the Broadcom Netlink but can't even download the drivers on this computer. I was wondering is the adapter too old. We are running off a linksys home network. Please help. Does anybody have the driver i need to install?

DELL 1450 WIRELESS USB ADAPTER MODEL 1450U

Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 does not include native drivers for the Del True Mobile 1450 USB Wireless adapter and there will be no 1450 USB Wireless adapter drivers available from Dell that are compatible with the Windows Vista or Winds 7 Operating System.

There will be no support for the Dell True Mobile 1450 USB Wireless adapter in Windows Vista or Windows 7.

For 1450 USB Wireless adapter drivers for Windows XP 32bit Click Here.

if the routor is wireless then the key is on the bottom or side of router. the ip address should be on it too and pass key to change the settings on the routher

This could be the wireless adapter is too weak Try buying an USB wireless adapter

Dell do not provide support for vista on the 1450 USB adapter - see here http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=bsdv&dl=false&docid=20075A1DBD60D650E0401E0A55175C46&doclang=en
I have not tried this - but found on another forum http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic5380-21-1.aspx olution:

1. 1) Install the Dell 1450 USB drivers on a PC with XP32 (assuming your target machine is 32-bit)
2. 2) Copy the "2K" drivers from the install directory ( c:\program files\dell wireless ) to a flash drive.
3. 3) Copy the "2K" drivers from the flash drive to the Vista machine. After you plug in your 1450 choose to manually select the driver then browse to that folder. You should be up an running in a few seconds.

The extra connection manager software that came with the adapter won't run on Vista but you'll still get a good wireless connection.

could mean that you dont have the proper driver for your current Dell 1450 (D1450U) Wireless Adapter What operating system are you running I would be happy to find the driver for you.

The Dell website does have a driver download available for the 1450 Adapter. I've included the link for your convenience. I hope it helps!

1450 Driver

This driver works with 32-bit Vista and Windows 7

http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=1556056

Here are a few suggestions:

1. make sure that in device manager this device is set so that it does not get turned off to save power. (Start-Control Panel-System-Hardware-Device Manager-Network Adapters-Right-Click the wireless card-properties), also do the same for the USB ports

2. Install the latest drivers from - support.dell.com (since it is a USB Device, if installing latest version of the 1450 drivers does not fix it also update the BIOS and Chipset Drivers of your system)

3. Check for interference, especially from 2.4GHZ cordless phones

Check to see if the same thing happens when you take it to someone else's house.

I hope some of these suggestions help

roster, Yes, you can replace it with a different adapter.

Does the device manager recognize the d1450u adapter?
If not re-install the driver for it.
Let me know how you make out.
thanks