I've recently reinstalled Windows 7 on my laptop (Amilo xi3650), and unlike the previous time I have reinstalled Windows this time the Wireless wasn't working. I have updated drivers but the ipconfig still shows the WLAN as disconnected, and the Function-F1 key brings up connection options but these are greyed out. I wouldn't have expected this to be a hardware error as the computer hasn't been knocked around and it was working fine just prior to reinstallation, but I suppose its possible? I've also tried uninstalling & reinstalling, disabling and then re-enabling the wireless driver but that didn't make a difference.
One thing is that my BIOS doesn't have an option to switch on WLAN or any sort of network options.
Anyway, this is my ipconfig /all. Any advice would be really appreciated!
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Home
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® 82567LF Gigabit Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-0B-64-1D-48
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3ca9:68ec:f5a7:ef9e%21(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.11(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 29 May 2011 10:47:07
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 30 May 2011 10:47:36
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 352326667
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-73-41-59-00-14-0B-64-1D-48
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-6B-10-12-38
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{A3BF3D74-7325-4A4F-AD4C-05436A452BE0}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fd:2cfe:1cbf:3f57:fff4(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2cfe:1cbf:3f57:fff4%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.Home:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes