Can't connect wireless - do I actually have it (yeah noob me)

[Kopemura]

Hi,

Noob warning: I know very little about hardware!

 z240 Workstation Tower, Product no.3Y3Y88EA#AK6

I'm trying to connect to my local wireless network without success.

Here's what I did so far:

1. I started the WLAN AutoConfig Service

2. In network and sharing center, tried Setup a new connection or network | Setup a new network but unconfigured devices never show up (waited much more than the 90 seconds the dialogue suggests).

3. Tried windows troubleshooting... no success

4. In Device Manager, initially I only had "Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM" listed. Then I installed the wireless driver downloaded from hp support site and now I have a bunch of "WAN Miniport" installed (IKEv2, IP, IPv6, L@PT, Network Monitor, PPPOE, PPTP, SSTP), which seem irrelevant for wireless.

I wonder two things:

 - if my workstation has wireless capabilities -  this page suggests yes: https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-z240-tower-workstation/8354563/document/c04887696

- if yes, how should I proceed?

Txs for all the help

[CF4]

Hi

Not familiar with the hardware, but I hope this helps...

This short script is to gather information on some parts of your
Networking Hardware and Software.

Copy and paste the section between the ~~~~ lines, and paste into NotePad.
Save as PN.bat somewhere easily accessible. Double click to Run

Then run as Administrator to create the output files if desired.
The output files can be edited to remove sensitive details before posting.
Delete the output files immediately after use.
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@ECHO OFF
PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter"
PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter -Name * | Format-Table -View Driver"
PowerShell -Command "GIP -Detailed"
PowerShell -Command "Test-NetConnection"
PAUSE

PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter > C:\GNA.txt"
PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter -Name * | Format-Table -View Driver > C:\GNB.txt"
PowerShell -Command "GIP -Detailed > C:\GNC.txt"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hopefully the output will mean something and you can post more queries as needed.

[Kopemura]

Hi,

I've confirmed on the net that the SFF version has no wifi card, and despite the darth of information, it seems all versions do.

I runned your shell script and the outputs are (edited):

GNA:

Name                      InterfaceDescription                    ifIndex Status       MacAddress             LinkSpeed
----                      --------------------                    ------- ------       ----------             ---------
Ethernet                  Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I21...       3 Up           XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX       100 Mbps

GNB:

Name                      InterfaceDescription                     DriverFileName  DriverDate DriverVersion NdisVersion
----                      --------------------                     --------------  ---------- ------------- -----------
Ethernet                  Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM e1d65x64.sys    2016-08-04 12.15.23.7    6.50      

GNC:

ComputerName                          : MYDESKTOP
InterfaceAlias                        : Ethernet
InterfaceIndex                        : 3
InterfaceDescription                  : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM
NetCompartment.CompartmentId          : 1
NetCompartment.CompartmentDescription : Default Compartment
NetAdapter.LinkLayerAddress           : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
NetAdapter.Status                     : Up
NetProfile.Name                       : Netwerk
NetProfile.NetworkCategory            : Private
NetProfile.IPv6Connectivity           : NoTraffic
NetProfile.IPv4Connectivity           : Internet
IPv6LinkLocalAddress                  : XX00::000X:0X00:00x5:000f%3
IPv4Address                           : XXX.XXX.X.X
IPv6DefaultGateway                    :
IPv4DefaultGateway                    : XXX.XXX.X.X
NetIPv6Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv4Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv6Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
NetIPv4Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
DNSServer                             : XXX.XXX.X.XXX

Thanks for the help

[Kopemura · Accepted solution]

The solution to this can be found on the thread (with the same name) link to other thread in forum.

Thanks to Paul_Tikkanen fpor the solution!

You can read about it in the thread, but basically:

• most business calss desktops/workstations don't have builtin wireless networking capacities.
• so you need to buy a compatible board for this (suggested in the thread)

PS.

I double posted by accident... the forum is not coded to avoid double form submission!