How does WinXP desktop computer connect to wireless Internet access?

  
                

Everyone knows that notebooks have their own wireless Internet access function. Just search for the wireless network signal and know its password to access the Internet for free. Recently, there are users who use the WinXP system. His desktop computer also wants to connect to the wireless network. How do you do this? Now Xiaobian will talk to you about the way WinXP desktop computers connect to the wireless Internet.

The steps are as follows:

1. Here is a USB external wireless network card for everyone to demonstrate, first connect the USB wireless network card to the USB interface on the desktop. At this time, the system does not have this wireless by default. The driver of the network card puts the driver CD that is delivered when the wireless network card is purchased into the CD-ROM drive, and then installs the driver. The method of installing the driver is as follows. Locate the file corresponding to the wireless network card model of the CD, open it, then run the Setup.exe software, and then click Next, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1

2, click Next and then choose to install the client application and driver, the default is to select this, continue to the next step, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2

3. At this point, if you click Next, if your USB wireless network card is not connected to the USB interface of the desktop, a message will pop up saying that the device does not exist, you can single Click OK, you can also connect the USB wireless network card first, and then click Next. Select the installation path, generally the default is OK, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3

4, then continue to click Next, click the Next button in the new pop-up window to complete the installation, after the installation is complete, you will be prompted to restart the computer, here we log out That's it. At this time, you can see the icon of the wireless network under the taskbar, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4

5. Double-click the wireless network icon on the taskbar to open the Wireless Network Properties dialog box, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5

6. Select Profile Management in the window that opens, then select the Scan button to scan the wireless network, as shown in Figure 6. Figure 6

7. After scanning, you can scan the Wifi you want to connect to, select the Wifi you want to connect, and then click Activate. Enter the account password, as shown in Figure 7. Figure 7

8. The built-in wireless network card is also the same as above, except that you need to insert the wireless network card into the PCI slot of the motherboard first, and then follow the above steps to install the driver.

9, different wireless network card driver installation method is different, but the process of installing the driver is relatively simple, follow the above steps to complete the desktop wireless Internet access.

10, successfully connected to Wifi

WinXP desktop computer connected to the wireless Internet access method will be introduced to you in detail; in fact, desktop computers connected to the wireless network is not difficult, as long as on the desktop Add an external wireless network card or a built-in wireless network card, and then install the wireless network card driver. Want to know more, please refer to: How to use the desktop wireless network card? How do desktop computers wirelessly access the Internet?

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