Hi,
Friends have given me their Dell laptop Latitude E5420, which has barely been used.
I am trying to get Wifi up and running on it but with little success. Others have tried, but they are not really very technical!
From basic research, it seems like i don't have any drivers for Wifi, and also a wireless card in whichever socket (I don't want a "dongle", so am happy to buy a card if needed).
However, I don't know how to check either of these as fact, and if there is anything else missing
- For the wireless card, I have looked in the Device Manager in control panel, but don't know what I'm actually checking for.
- For the Wifi driver, the Network Connections in control panel comes up with 3 options. Broadband connection (disconnected WAN Miniport (PPPOE), Broadband Connection 2 (Disconnected WAN Miniport (PPPOE) and Local Area Network (Network cable unplugged Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet).
Please can someone help? I'm pretty sure the laptop is missing something(s), but not sure what, and how to check what is missing.
Also, what do I need to actually buy, and what can I download from the net or from the Dell website?
Many thanks for your help
Victor.