Can't start internal wireless adapter after installing a buffalo adapter

Any particular manufacturer and model laptop? Not all laptops are created equal. Extra credit for identifying the operating system version.

Any particular Buffalo wireless adapter model number? Extra credit for identifying the updated driver version you probably forgot to download.

Fn-F2 is possibly an HP or Compaq laptop. Don't use that to switch devices. Go to: Control Panel -> Network -> wireless device -> properties and check the box inscribed "Show Network Connection icon in system tray"

With both wireless devices plugged in, you can switch devices by simply right clicking on the icon in the system tray, and selecting enable or disable as required. I've had 4 wireless USB devices running one at a time in a single laptop this way.

However, there's a potential problem. HP has some type of connection manager that like to grab control and not let go. That's probably why you can't just plug and unplug what I guess is a USB wireless adapter. I figured out some trick to make it work, but forgot what I did. Later, I just disabled the HP connection manager, set everything to "Let Windoze manage this wireless mess" and used the enable/disable trick to switch devices.

Does the internal adapter work?

Does the Buffalo work?

The FN+F2 probably toggles the internal adapter, and has no effect on the external adapter at all. Or maybe it does. What laptop is this?

Thanks for the replies so far guys.

Jeff & D, it's a Gateway and yes Fn+ f2 starts and stops the wirelss adpater which DOES work. Windows XP by the way.... The Buffalo adpater also works just fine!

"""""Extra credit for identifying the updated driver version you probably forgot to download."""""

Why do feel you know what I did or didn't do? That's really rude dude! And I'm not a little kid in school asking for extra credit OK? YES I DID DOWNLOAD THE DRIVERS!

If I uninstall the Buffalo adpater drivers then I get my internal to work but it seems like I can't turn on the internal as long as I have the Buffalo drivers on the machine.

I'll play around with it some more, let you all know how I make out.

Thanks "D" for answering too!

Pete

Take the knowledge, and adjust your humor detector to something that includes, or ignores, Jeff's level of side notes.

The internal works. Turn off the internal, and the external works. Plug in the external, enable the internal, and neither works. Unplug the external and the internal still doesn't work, until... what?

What do you have to do to get the internal to work? Uninstall the buffalo drivers? Not just remove the card and reboot? When you uninstall the Buffalo drivers, does the internal card start working right away, or after a reboot? Does it reinstall drivers for the internal card?

Same named driver, different rev, perhaps?

Does IPConfig ever show both NICs? What about device manager?

Do you know what card the internal is? I see an Intel 3945 listed for some Gateways. start-run-msinfo32 network adapter might let you know. The MAC address, Device ID, service name, or driver name might be clues. Or the FCC-ID, on a label on the bottom of the laptop.

Jeff will probably ask for the FCC-ID of the Buffalo and the internal, just so he can find out what they really are... retail package names aren't that interesting. You could ignore him, but I don't ;-)

Actually no, you supplied minimal information in your quest for free help.

True. In fact a truly rude response to Jeff. And he _still_ likely didn't identify the OS. (Which SP level, eh? Material impact on wireless.)

Anyone lurking about any newsgroup for a reasonable time before going on the air would get a pretty clear idea of how to put together an answerable question, one-time.

FW> Knight wrote:

WOW! hahah Yo guys are friggin weird! Later!

LOL

Try going over to the NetStumbler forums. They might help you there. Nice guys.