On 11/07/2019 14:51, T i m wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:58:04 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

snip

p.s. If the OP could put a USB stick in there for you, you could
remotely download and install Linux to it ... and if he could boot
from it and launch Teamviewer (or you could probably get in other
ways), you could see if the WiFi would then function properly. ;-)

While I could, I can't see it buys me anything.

Ok.

I know the hardware
works, I have had it connected to the network.

Yes, but I didn't say the hardware didn't work, I said it would allow
you to see if the 'WiFi functioned properly', including DHCP,
something I'm not sure you have yet seen?

Ok, if you were there in front of that box and with some bootable
Linux media, wouldn't you try it, just for the S&G's?

No... from my PoV its not actually answering a useful question...

We know the hardware works, and the machine can connect to the wifi, so
what we have is a software problem of some form.

We already know the router can connect to other devices ok, so that
leaves the problem at the netbook.

Swapping the entire software platform (OS, drivers etc) on the netbook
may indeed get a working setup, but gets no closer to getting a working
windows XP setup.




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Cheers,

John.

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