Did you get the Broadcom driver? Use your service tag to verify that
you have the proper selection.
Install instructions are here:
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=266471&l=en&s=dhs

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 2:37 PM, James W. Cooley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> After installing a new HD on my Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop with windows
> XP, I used the restore
> disks to restore the system.  Now it will not connect to my router or
> by cable to the Internet.  I looked in the Device manager and found
> that  Multimedia Audio Controller, Network Controller, and Video
> Controller (VGA compatible)  do not have drivers installed. The laptop
> cannot connect to the Internet
> so I use another computer to move files via a flash drive from the
> Dell download site.
> After a struggle I got the first and third of these drivers installed.
> When I did the same for the Network controller, it said "The wizard
> cannot find software on your computer
> for the Network Controller"   I went to
> the Dell website and they have nothing that promises to help.  Where
> can I get this "missing software"
> I think the absence of the Network Controller is the reason I cannot
> connect to the Internet.
>  Thanks for your help.
>
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