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How to make wifi mobo do wifi?

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41 minutes ago, Fat Cat11997 said:

No. Do you mean the bios by control panel?

No. Ignore the BIOS, it is irrelevant.

Set it up during Windows set up if it offers it. If not, use wired temporarily

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I just built my first pc and installed windows 11 pro, but now i need internet to set up the rest of the pc. It only shows one option saying "use ethernet cable" even though i have a wifi mobo. How do i make my wifi mobo do wifi?

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2 minutes ago, Fat Cat11997 said:

I just built my first pc and installed windows 11 pro, but now i need internet to set up the rest of the pc. It only shows one option saying "use ethernet cable" even though i have a wifi mobo. How do i make my wifi mobo do wifi?

install the wifi driver would be a good place to start

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4 minutes ago, emosun said:

install the wifi driver would be a good place to start

Is there any way to do that in the bios?

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Is there any way to do that in the bios?

nope , the bios has nothing to do with the operating system or drivers.

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2 minutes ago, emosun said:

nope , the bios has nothing to do with the operating system or drivers.

So should i just temporarily use an ethernet cable to get into windows to download the driver?

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Just now, Fat Cat11997 said:

So should i just temporarily use an ethernet cable to get into windows to download the driver?

yep , or download the driver and move the file onto the machine via any other means.

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9 minutes ago, Fat Cat11997 said:

Is there any way to do that in the bios?

Windows likely has a generic driver installed already that will work well enough to get online. Have you tried to enable wifi in the control panel?

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4 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

Windows likely has a generic driver installed already that will work well enough to get online. Have you tried to enable wifi in the control panel?

No. Do you mean the bios by control panel?

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41 minutes ago, Fat Cat11997 said:

No. Do you mean the bios by control panel?

No. Ignore the BIOS, it is irrelevant.

Set it up during Windows set up if it offers it. If not, use wired temporarily

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48 minutes ago, Fat Cat11997 said:

No. Do you mean the bios by control panel?

No, I mean the control panel. You know, where you change settings in windows...

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19 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

No, I mean the control panel. You know, where you change settings in windows...

op is still in setup for windows installation

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1 hour ago, Fat Cat11997 said:

I just built my first pc and installed windows 11 pro, but now i need internet to set up the rest of the pc. It only shows one option saying "use ethernet cable" even though i have a wifi mobo. How do i make my wifi mobo do wifi?

Hook up using a ethernet cable, download and install your Windows updates, restart your PC and enable wifi.

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There is likely an option in bios to enable/disable wifi.

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19 hours ago, emosun said:

install the wifi driver would be a good place to start

ok i just got the wifi drivers installed, how do i make them drive?

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1 hour ago, Fat Cat11997 said:

ok i just got the wifi drivers installed, how do i make them drive?

you don't have to , if its the correct driver then wifi is now functional and you just connect to a network normally

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