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Hi,<br />
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Have a friend who has a HP Laptop running XP. She cannot connect to the wireless network located in their home. &nbsp;Her PC picks up the network and when attempting to connect she getst no IP address. &nbsp;My other friend can connect using another pc running Windows 7.<br />
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They had a spare Linksys router and she was able to connect to this device with no issues. &nbsp;However, the device is old and they would prefer to use the Apple router. &nbsp;Just curious does here pc need to have the Airport Utility Application installed so she can connect wireless using the apple router.<br />
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi,

Have a friend who has a HP Laptop running XP. She cannot connect to the wireless network located in their home.  Her PC picks up the network and when attempting to connect she getst no IP address.  My other friend can connect using another pc running Windows 7.

They had a spare Linksys router and she was able to connect to this device with no issues.  However, the device is old and they would prefer to use the Apple router.  Just curious does here pc need to have the Airport Utility Application installed so she can connect wireless using the apple router.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Connecting to Airport Extreme Router using pc.

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