Wireless help! Dell Inspiron 1545

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  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #21

    Thanks Ztrucker

    My service tag no is 6H83BL1
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Dell Inspiron 1545

    Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN mini-card
    Broadcom File Version 4.176.75.18


    I suspect that it may not be a Windows 7 problem but that the WLAN card is broken or my 3G dongle interfering. (See Dell Inspiron 1545: Unable to activate Wireless functionality - Tech Support Guy Forums )

    Unfortunately I cannot attach the Screen Shots


    Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mar-PC
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

    Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-F1-A1-44-DB-38
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-F1-A1-44-DB-38
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Mobile Broadband adapter Mobile Broadband Connection 3:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G Network Card #3
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-10-1F-B4-DF
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 41.151.237.215(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 41.151.237.209
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.43.34.190
    196.43.46.190
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wits.ac.za
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A4-BA-DB-B1-32-93
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{D365D002-6BD4-4476-ABCF-76987C8903FB}:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6ab8:18cd:3cc0:d668:1228(Preferred)
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::18cd:3cc0:d668:1228%20(Preferred)
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{7F101D14-DF07-4EE9-B69B-99D9B0FE6099}:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:2997:edd7::2997:edd7(Preferred)
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.43.34.190
    196.43.46.190
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

    Tunnel adapter isatap.wits.ac.za:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{4B2702EB-8AFD-4AD1-ACD8-6A47A5A05BE7}:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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  2. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #22

    Rats, see you already gave the model number, sorry.

    According to the Dell site here: Drivers and Downloads | Dell [United States]

    Wireless help! Dell Inspiron 1545-dell-1545-wireless.jpg

    you have to chose the right driver. Which one have you tried? If you give us the Service Code that may help narrow it down.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #23

    Hi ZTrucker

    Thanks for helping me get the correct drivers - kept on getting stuck on the Dell website before on the Service Tag number as they said my warranty had expired. I was probably doing something stupid.

    Installed the correct drivers but Alas! still no movement from the wireless adapter. Suspect s/he is dead as a doornail.


    M
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  4. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #24

    Which driver did you download and install? Are you sure it's the right one?
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #25

    Thanks ZTrucker - I followed the links to the site you mentioned and downloaded a driver entitled R206848 which installed correctly (the others didn't when I downloaded the incorrect ones).
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  6. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #26

    Did you change the Operating system to Windows 7 X64 first? The one you mention is not there then, only:

    1st one: Dell Driver (Recommended) - R246753.exe
    4th one: Marvel Driver (Recommended) -R230994.exe
    5th one: Dell Driver (optional) R248337.exe

    Looks like the image I posted is for Vista, not Windows 7. Sorry to have given you bad info. Try again setting the OS to Windows 7 X64 first.
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #27

    Thanks very much for all the help. My Wireless is working again M
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  8. Posts : 3
    32bit
       #28

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