Complete the settings of the vista wireless network card at three points

Compared with win XP and win 7, Vista has its unique characteristics. Many friends have reported that its design is not very user-friendly, and many settings are inconvenient, the following describes how to set up the Vista wireless network card.

Vista wireless network card configuration: install wireless network card

We know that many drivers are integrated in the Vista system. Therefore, drivers are basically not required for general PCI and cartana wireless NICs. After hardware is installed, the corresponding driver is automatically installed on the computer. The USB wireless Nic cannot be directly installed using Setup in the driver. Instead, you must manually specify the driver folder during installation by updating the driver in the Device Manager.

Vista wireless network card settings: Configure wireless network card

After the NIC driver is installed, configure the Vista wireless Nic. Right-click "Network Neighbor" and choose "properties" from the pop-up menu, the "network and sharing center" window is displayed.

Click "view status" to enter the "Network Connection status" window. Here, you can set basic parameters such as the IP address, gateway, and subnet mask of the NIC. After setting, click "OK" to close the window and click "manage wireless networks". Then, the "manage wireless networks" window is displayed.

Click "add" here, select "manually create network configuration file" in the pop-up window, and configure the network card in the pop-up wireless network connection configuration interface, this includes the SSID, encryption status, and security password of the network card. The network name is used to identify the identifier of the wireless device service set. Its value must be consistent with the SSID Number of the front-end wireless router, the security type and encryption type are the security settings for the wireless network. They must also be consistent with the security settings of the front-end router. After setting, click "Next" and click "Connect" in the window to establish a wireless connection with the wireless router.

Vista wireless network card settings: Manage Wireless Networks

If you have multiple wireless network connections, you can click the menu at the top left of the "Network and sharing center" setting page and click "manage network connections, on the displayed page, click "Connect" to display all connected wireless networks. Right-click the connection. If the corresponding parameters have been set for the wireless router, then, the network adapter can establish a normal connection with it. In addition, you can also directly send the wireless link to the desktop. Then you only need to click the wireless link to create a fast link with the wireless router.

Through the above method, we have completed the configuration of the Vista wireless network card, and then we can establish a connection between our wireless network card and the wireless router, so as to enjoy the joy of the wireless network.