Wireless adapter recognized as network controller ...

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You will have to determine which one to use.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/ [...] MIGR-42480

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/ [...] MIGR-44289

Clark

"Mark D." <Mark D.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C58E20AE-153A-434D-BAD7-6762024504F5@microsoft.com...
> I'm running WinXP, SP2, on an IBM ThinkPad T30 (model 2366X4X), and have
> an
> internal PCI wireless adapter which worked well when I received my
> refurbished notebook. After reinstalling the OS from a CD (and not from
> the
> IBM XP recovery partition), Windows seems to recognize the wireless
> adapter
> as a network controller in the device manager, and I am unable to install
> drivers for the device as a result (operation fails because Windows "can't
> find necessary software" ). One problem is I can't find documentation
> stating
> whether I have the IBM or Cisco adapter, but I've tried installing drivers
> for both with no luck (and merely looking at the device gives no apparent
> clue to its manufacturer). I've uninstalled the device in device manager
> and
> have rebooted, but the New Hardware utility still recognizes the adapter
> as a
> network controller. Can anyone forward a clue here? Regards,
>
> -- Mark D.