Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

It might be better to try with express card lan solution as express card buss sots dirrectly on pcie interface, where usb 3.0 uses dedicated controler to route the data.

If ec gigabit lan exists.
Edit: they do so f you need that id look into that or using exp gdc v6 or simmilar egpu adapter and use desktop lan card in it.

 

USB may work, but if you can borrow a dongle to try it, that would be best. If you see issues due to the way USB works, then trying an expresscard adapter would be your best bet.

 

Thank you both for your answer... The EC slot card is on the left of the m6700 correct? Do you know any EC lan compatible? I can't find if the integrated Intel lan supports the link aggregation... I believe both the Lan should support the link aggregation protocol, but till now I have not any experience about that..

 

New 16 GB Ram, new 2 TB HD, and Windows 8.1 are here, and the flickering in CS6 is gone.

So thanks to the hints that I got here from you, and there is a new question

I have an HP envy 110 Printer which theoretically could be connected via Wifi. But it's wizard doesn't find the SSID of the M6700's Wifi-module. And I don't find it either. The device Manager doesn't find it either, but I'm sure that I had seen some Wifi-Symbol shortly after I'd buyed it.

thanks for Input on this one ...

 

Thanks, that was just the ticket, thanks much! Joy, peace out -

 

Awesome, a lot of us have been burned by that. Those options give better security in terms of preventing people from messing with your computer, but they can be a pain when you need to do something on your computer.

 

Normally, you would setup both the printer and the laptop to connect to a wireless access point (AP) or a wireless router. If the AP/router broadcasts its SSID, both the printer and laptop should detect the AP/router.

If you don't have an AP/router, you could setup an 'ad hoc' connection (also called 'peer mode') between the printer and the laptop. I'm not familiar with the HP Envy 110, so I'm not sure if it supports ad hoc wifi connections.

Normally, you can print a test page which contains all network settings, including the IP address and SSID of the printer.

EDIT:
Here you can find a description of how to setup a wifi connection on the HP Envy 110:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02945333

 

Sound like a quite complicated matter; What I don't find, ist the SSID of the labtop, not of the printer; I was wondering if the m6700 has a wifi-card at all; If I open "not-identified network" at the settings-charm, there's switch that lets me switch WIFI on or of, and a few Wifi-networks appear. So I conclude that this laptop must have a Wifi-card. But then in the control panel, only my mobile data-connection appears, nothing of Wifi. Strange. Any idea if it could be disabled somewhere? Shouldn't it show up in the device-manager? Thanks for ideas!

 

Yes, the wireless adapter should show in the device manager. also, do not forget that the M6700 has an actual hardware switch on the right side to turn the wi-fi on or off. That may actually be partly responsible for your woes.

Michiko is right, the traditional network printer setup goes like this: connect printer to the network (through an AP, Switch, router, etc.), connect computer to the network. Configure the network printer from the computer. The last step can vary from ridiculously easy to somewhat difficult.

If you want to do it without using HP's utilities/software

Spoiler

Go into device and printers from the control panel and try to add a network printer. with luck the printer will appear on the list when you clock on add a network, wireless or bluetooth printer. If you are not lucky, you will have to click on the "the printer I want isn't listed" button and manually add the printer. This will require you to know the IP address of the printer on your network (better assign a static IP to it in the AP's settings), assign a name to the printer and one to the port as well and then you may also have to point your computer to the printer's driver.

The downside is that this could get complicated, the upside, no HP bloatware with the printer. HP makes some pretty darn good printers, but oh my gosh the bloatware that comes with consumer models is awful. Their business printers are another story, but I doubt you'll be getting one of those (they're pretty expensive).

Your network adapter should show up somewhere in the device manager just like the 6300 AGN here

 

I've switched the Wifi-button on, thanks for the hint, and now there's a Dell DW380 Bluetooth Module. It says it has no drivers. I downloaded the driver at the appropriate site, but after klicking on it, there was an announcement that the installation of "Dell Wireless WLAN 1530 Half Mini Card" failed, because the device either was offline or not there :-( could it be that they use the same driver for both devices? but then why does it fail to install?