How To Add Bluetooth Wireles Card To A Hp 17-x116dx Laptop

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HP PCs - Identifying the Installed Wireless Carte du jour

This document applies to HP computers with Windows.

Knowing the wireless LAN card manufacturer and model can be helpful if you need to replace or troubleshoot the wireless LAN card. This certificate shows you lot how to identify the manufacturer and model of your wireless LAN card.

To determine the manufacturer and model of your card, use the following steps:

Search for and open Device Managing director.
From the Device Manager screen, locate Network adapters, and so click the drib-down arrow.

Figure : Selecting the Network adapters drop-downward arrow

Figure : Network adapters list expanded
Here, you can oftentimes determine the manufacturer and model of your wireless LAN card. The post-obit are manufacturer names y'all might see:
- Intel
- Broadcom
- Realtek
- Ralink/MEDIATEK
- Atheros/QUALCOMM
If you are unable to identify the wireless LAN bill of fare, or y'all would like further confirm it, continue using these steps.
Right-click the network adapter you would like to investigate farther, and then select Properties.

Figure : Selecting network adapter backdrop
From the Backdrop screen, select the Details tab.

Effigy : Selecting the Details tab
From the Details tab, select the Property driblet-down arrow, and so select Hardware Ids.

Figure : Selecting Hardware Ids
From the hardware Ids, note the 4-digit alpha-numeric codes following VEN.

Figure : Finding the VEN codes
Friction match the 4-digit lawmaking to the tabular array below to decide your wireless LAN card manufacturer.

Figure : Matching manufacturers and VEN codes

Now that you have determined the manufacturer, you tin can read the full description in the Network adapters list to farther determine the model, or you can search the full hardware Ids in your browser to get farther details virtually the model of your wireless LAN card.