Wireless Network Connection Configuration: Windows 2000/ME/98
If you need help configuring your computer or troubleshooting wireless network issues, please contact the Information Technologies Help Desk, either by phone at (425) 352-3456, by e-mail at IT@uwb.edu, or in person at LB2-218.
Basic Steps for Configuration: Internal Wireless Card
If your laptop came with an internal built in wireless network card, the drivers should already be installed. Follow these steps to see if Windows 2000 is correctly configured.
- Position your laptop where wireless is available, which is currently all of the floors of the UW Bothell library buildings (LB1, LB2, and LBA).
- Boot up your computer.
- Open a browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla, and go to www.uwb.edu.
- You now have access to any UW or Cascadia Community College resources available to you, including e-mail and file servers.
Basic Steps for Configuration: External Wireless Card
Make sure that your wireless network card is 802.11b hardware or 802.11b-compatible hardware. If you have questions about this, see Where and how do I get the proper wireless hardware?
- Follow the vendor's instructions for installing the wireless network card, which is usually just to plug in the card and run an installer program to add software for it.
- Position your laptop where wireless is available, which is currently all of the floors of the UW Bothell library buildings (LB1, LB2, and LBA).
- Insert the wireless network card, if it is not already inserted.
- Boot up your computer.
- Open a browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla, and go to www.uwb.edu.
- You now have access to any UW or Cascadia Community College resources available to you, including e-mail and file servers.