Connect older HP Pavilion with Windows 7 to network via wifi

Guru

May 24, 2021

> I need to connect an older Windows 7 laptop wirelessly to my HP
> All-In-One desktop. [...]

Huh? One normally does not connect one computer directly to another;
one connects both computers to a devices like a router.

> Model: C6250-1AZNAS|AC1600 WiFi Cable Modem Router

Like that, for example.

Why? What's your goal?

> [...] I can't make the connection. [...]

"can't" is not a useful problem description. It does not say what
you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.

What kind of "connection" are you trying to make? What, exactly, are
you trying to achieve?

> [...] I've tried just about every option in the Network and Sharing
> control panel. [...]

When I do that, everything works fine.

> [...] No luck.

That tells me about as much as "I've tried just about every option".
Which is to say, nothing.

mahporter
Aspirant
May 24, 2021
I have a Spectrum router and an Netgear AC1600 Modem on my HP All-in-one Pavilion computer. Everything works fine. The WIFI works fine in the house - others can use it easily from their devices.

However, I need to be mobile for a ZOOM presentation and wanted to be able to use my old HP Pavilion Laptop with Windows 7.0. I have checked the Control Panel on the laptop and have set up (as far as I know) the Modem to match what I have on the desktop unit. However, it does not connect. I've run through the troubleshooting, and am told all is well. However, again, I cannot get to the Internet via WIFI through the Netgear.

From what one person has told me, I might have an older adaptor chip in the laptop. Will be taking it to a local computer shop Tuesday.
- antinode
  Guru
  May 24, 2021
  > I have a Spectrum router [...]
  
     Try again? "Spectrum" might be your ISP. Your "a Spectrum router"
  should have a maker and model number, and it's probably a modem or a
  modem+router.
  
  > [...] and an Netgear AC1600 Modem [...]
  
     "AC1600" is a (wireless) speed, not a model number. Look for "Model"
  on the product label. I'd guess that it's a router (not a "Modem"),
  but, with an actual model number, guessing would not be needed.
  
     What, exactly, on each of these gizmos is connected to what, exactly?
  (Hint: If a device has different types of ports, then "connected to
  device" is not enough detail.)
  
  > [...] I have checked the Control Panel on the laptop and have set up
  > (as far as I know) the Modem to match what I have on the desktop unit.
  > [...]
  
     With my weak psychic powers, I can't see any of that.
  
  > [...] However, it does not connect. [...]
  
     See "not a useful problem description [...]", above.
  
  > [...] I cannot get to the Internet via WIFI through the Netgear. [...]
  
     Regarding "cannot", see "can't", above.
  
  > From what one person has told me, I might have an older adaptor chip
  > in the laptop. [...]
  
     "older" than what? I'm typing this on a Macbook from "Late 2008".
  You'd need to get much older than that for "older" to be a fatal
  problem.

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