WLAN doesn't work on 64bit

my network doesn't recognize my wireless modem

Rick
Wed Nov 02 13:14:50 CST 2005

does your wireless modem have a name; make and model number?

how is it connected to your computer?


jtayl123 wrote:
> my network doesn't recognize my wireless modem

Darrell
Wed Nov 02 14:22:05 CST 2005

What you need to do is find out what the chipset is for the Wireless card.
Most of them out there such as Cisco, 3Com, Linksys, D-link all use a realtek
8180 as its chipset. I have a D-link 510 v2 wireless card and to get it to
work I had to edit the inf file for the realtek 8180 type card and add the
following line:

BEFORE *********************
[Manufacturer]
%DLINK% = DLINK

[DLINK]
%NETDLWL.DeviceDesc%= NETDLWL.ndi, PCI\VEN_1186&DEV_3300&SUBSYS_33001186

AFTER*************************
%DLINK% = DLINK

[DLINK]
%NETDLWL.DeviceDesc%= NETDLWL.ndi,
PCI\VEN_1186&DEV_3300&SUBSYS_33001186&REV_20


Basically you have a driver that fits all and the company say d-link strip
out all the other manufactures stuff and hay presto they have there hardware
info file. When XP scans for devices and if it can match the card to the inf
file then it installs. What maybe happening is that you have got a wrong
revision entry in this file which can be edited.

My card was a rev 2 and realtek did not mention it in the inf file and thats
why XP64 did not match it.

If you can tell us a little bit more about your wireless device someone out
there may be able to track down a driver. One more question??

Is the card showing up in the hardware devides as unkown if so can you get
the details from properties and let me know what is in the top line of the
Hardware ID. the info should be in the Values section.

D.




"Rick" wrote:

> does your wireless modem have a name; make and model number?
>
> how is it connected to your computer?
>
>
> jtayl123 wrote:
> > my network doesn't recognize my wireless modem
>

jtayl123
Wed Nov 02 21:29:01 CST 2005

realtek RTL 8139 family pci fast ethernet NIC.
:)
the modem itself is a linksys, but this shouldn't matter too much. If
there's a wireless hub within range, my card should detect it.

"Darrell" wrote:

> What you need to do is find out what the chipset is for the Wireless card.
> Most of them out there such as Cisco, 3Com, Linksys, D-link all use a realtek
> 8180 as its chipset. I have a D-link 510 v2 wireless card and to get it to
> work I had to edit the inf file for the realtek 8180 type card and add the
> following line:
>
> BEFORE *********************
> [Manufacturer]
> %DLINK% = DLINK
>
> [DLINK]
> %NETDLWL.DeviceDesc%= NETDLWL.ndi, PCI\VEN_1186&DEV_3300&SUBSYS_33001186
>
> AFTER*************************
> %DLINK% = DLINK
>
> [DLINK]
> %NETDLWL.DeviceDesc%= NETDLWL.ndi,
> PCI\VEN_1186&DEV_3300&SUBSYS_33001186&REV_20
>
>
> Basically you have a driver that fits all and the company say d-link strip
> out all the other manufactures stuff and hay presto they have there hardware
> info file. When XP scans for devices and if it can match the card to the inf
> file then it installs. What maybe happening is that you have got a wrong
> revision entry in this file which can be edited.
>
> My card was a rev 2 and realtek did not mention it in the inf file and thats
> why XP64 did not match it.
>
> If you can tell us a little bit more about your wireless device someone out
> there may be able to track down a driver. One more question??
>
> Is the card showing up in the hardware devides as unkown if so can you get
> the details from properties and let me know what is in the top line of the
> Hardware ID. the info should be in the Values section.
>
> D.
>
>
>
>
> "Rick" wrote:
>
> > does your wireless modem have a name; make and model number?
> >
> > how is it connected to your computer?
> >
> >
> > jtayl123 wrote:
> > > my network doesn't recognize my wireless modem
> >

Darrell
Thu Nov 03 03:22:02 CST 2005

it will only find the Wireless if the hardware is installed correctly. With
this in mind does the hardware show up in Device Manager as working. If so
going back to wireless network. Is the wireless access points SSID hidden?





"jtayl123" wrote:

> realtek RTL 8139 family pci fast ethernet NIC.
> :)
> the modem itself is a linksys, but this shouldn't matter too much. If
> there's a wireless hub within range, my card should detect it.
>
> "Darrell" wrote:
>
> > What you need to do is find out what the chipset is for the Wireless card.
> > Most of them out there such as Cisco, 3Com, Linksys, D-link all use a realtek
> > 8180 as its chipset. I have a D-link 510 v2 wireless card and to get it to
> > work I had to edit the inf file for the realtek 8180 type card and add the
> > following line:
> >
> > BEFORE *********************
> > [Manufacturer]
> > %DLINK% = DLINK
> >
> > [DLINK]
> > %NETDLWL.DeviceDesc%= NETDLWL.ndi, PCI\VEN_1186&DEV_3300&SUBSYS_33001186
> >
> > AFTER*************************
> > %DLINK% = DLINK
> >
> > [DLINK]
> > %NETDLWL.DeviceDesc%= NETDLWL.ndi,
> > PCI\VEN_1186&DEV_3300&SUBSYS_33001186&REV_20
> >
> >
> > Basically you have a driver that fits all and the company say d-link strip
> > out all the other manufactures stuff and hay presto they have there hardware
> > info file. When XP scans for devices and if it can match the card to the inf
> > file then it installs. What maybe happening is that you have got a wrong
> > revision entry in this file which can be edited.
> >
> > My card was a rev 2 and realtek did not mention it in the inf file and thats
> > why XP64 did not match it.
> >
> > If you can tell us a little bit more about your wireless device someone out
> > there may be able to track down a driver. One more question??
> >
> > Is the card showing up in the hardware devides as unkown if so can you get
> > the details from properties and let me know what is in the top line of the
> > Hardware ID. the info should be in the Values section.
> >
> > D.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Rick" wrote:
> >
> > > does your wireless modem have a name; make and model number?
> > >
> > > how is it connected to your computer?
> > >
> > >
> > > jtayl123 wrote:
> > > > my network doesn't recognize my wireless modem
> > >

LDJ
Thu Nov 03 14:52:00 CST 2005

Hello jtayl123!
jtayl123 wrote:
> my network doesn't recognize my wireless modem

The driver you are looking for, could be the one contained in the
64-rtlnic(621)(0516).exe driver package.

I have the driver, stored as a ZIP file. I just downloaded the *.exe
file, in order to see what it contains, and it has the same contents as
the ZIP file I have.

You can download the file here:

http://www.mind.ca/downloads/default.asp?path=/downloads/Network/Realtec

Or you can do a Google search for: 64-rtlnic(621)(0516)

You will see that the file is available from several sites

Have Fun
LDJ