Wireless card won't connect to a network

Go to this website on a computer where you can download the drivers. http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/WPC54G/download Copy the downloaded file onto a USB drive (thumb drive) and then install the driver from the USB drive onto your laptop before you insert the wireless adapter card into the laptop. After the driver installation is complete, then install the card into your laptop and it should be recognized and after a couple of minutes,should be ready to go.

Hi,
You can download the driver from the link below
http://tinyurl.com/37yj4d


1. Click on the + sign next to Network
2. depending upon your system , it would be the Intel driver or Dell wirless card driver
3. Try one at time

If you can give the service tag of the computer , i would be able to give the exact ddriver

Thanks
proton

Make sure that you insert the card in before booting up the computer. When Windows 2000 was created PCMCIA cards weren't hot swappable. If that doesn't do the trick, check linksys.com for updated Windows 2000 dirvers.

You can still update to Windows XP as well. Some computer stores still carry it. Wireless networking is managed much better under that operating system.

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Your computer locking up could be a spyware or virus program taking over your machine as soon as you get an internet connection.

Try connecting the laptop to a wired connection and see if it does the same thing.
Run some virus scans from trend micro.

If you can re-install the software for the wireless card. This might help too.

Firefox can freeze your system but highly unlikely from a fresh install.

best wishes.

Unplug card, reinstall drivers and put back card.
If system is still freezing the card may be defective.

Those install programs that Linksys uses are terrible. This happens all the time.

You probably can't use the linksys program to install the software on a Windows 2000 machine you should be able to install just the driver you need. I have never used wireless networking on a Win 2000 computer before. Win XP has sotware already built into the operating systems to deal with wireless networking.

Uninstall all Linksys wireless networking software. Restart you computer with the wirless network card install and let Windows search for the correct drivers on the CD.

it'll not fit since your laptop needs an expresscard.
here are the list of the wireless cards that you can get:

Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card Wireless Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini Card Wireless Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini Card Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 802.11 a/b/g Mini Card Wireless Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini Card Dell Wireless 5510 HSDPA ExpressCard34 Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO or a Linksys Wec600n Wireless-N Expresscard Adapter

Hello, Here is a link to download driver. Just select version, I saw version 2. Hope this helps.
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1166859842300&packedargs=sku%3D1130276681921&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=4230081921B07&displaypage=download

Have you chcked if the system recognizes the card and installs the correct drivers?
Otherwise go to the linksys website and look for the xp drivers for your model and instal it?
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1175238286492&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=8649291212H30&displaypage=download

Hope this helps
R.