Can't set up wifi card

1394 is your firwire port, not your wireless card. XP will let you network over it like you do with a wired NIC. Make sure the onboard wifi card isn't toggled off by a keyboard key. If there is a status LED that may tell you if its actually turned on or not. Also have a look at the running services and make sure "Wireless zero configuration" is running. Some third party wireless management utilities stop that service and use there own. When you switch back to the built in windows XP one that service doesn't always get started again. Your wireless won't work without it.

palz said:

That doesn't have what I'm looking for. It doesn't seem to detect my driver. In my experience with XP, 1394 Net Adapter means it needs a driver

Here's device manager:

No usb adapter:


Usb adapter:

you can see the problem in your snip, you want a driver for network controller. do you still have the vista driver? google shows a few choices for Intel PRO wireless 7100 win7 driver, but I suggest you try the manufacturers website.

I should have taken a good look at your screen shoot. Your wifi card with the missing driver is likely one of the devices with a yellow ? after it. Its listed under other devices because windows doesn't now exactly what it is yet. I'd say its likely the one listed as Network Controller. Ethernet Controller would be the onboard NIC and PCI Modem your laptops modem used for dial up Internet. If you google 1394 you will see that it is in fact the other term for FireWire. I wouldn't wast anymore time on that, if it was missing a driver it would have a yellow ? or ! after it.