A PCMCIA card is a way to plug in any number of items to a laptop. It's like
a PCI slot in a desktop machine. What you probably want is a PCMCIA Ethernet
adapter that you can plug into that slot, and a cable to connect it to the
router. Here are some examples http://tinyurl.com/2lpsbp

If your router was wireless, then I would recommend a PCMCIA wireless
adapter instead of a PCMCIA Ethernet (hardwired LAN) adapter.
http://tinyurl.com/2jxmbq However, this would also require that you purchase
a wireless gateway to connect to the router. Not cheap, unless you can
convince your cable company to upgrade you to some sort of combination
modem/router/wireless for not too much. http://tinyurl.com/3dsq28

Note that there are also PCMCIA USB cards available. For network connection,
I'd much prefer the LAN or wireless option, since USB cables are much more
expensive. Your router would also require a USB output, which many do, or I
*think* there's a way to do "Direct Cable Connection" to the desktop using
USB, but it's by far the more limited option.

Considering what you say you have now, a PCMCIA Ethernet adapter and a
decent length of Ethernet cable is by far the cheapest solution, and it
happens to also be the easiest to set up. Wireless would be the most
convenient solution, since it allows the laptop to go anywhere in the house
or yard. It's also the most expensive, by far. USB is probably the least
convenient and the hardest to set up, but if you were to replace your router
with one that had USB output, the PCMCIA card could then double for any
number of other USB purposes. Considering how relatively inexpensive PCMCIA
cards are, I'd suggest just getting one if you need it, and leaving it out
of the networking equation.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"breezyyb" wrote in message
...
hi again..ok, upon looking at the laptop, it has no USB
port...(GASP!)...all
it has is the PMCIA card which I assume should have some sort of wire/cord
attached. my desktop has the modem and router that Mr. Terhune described.
we
are hooked up to
with our cable company...
I do really apologize for not giving all this info to start with...I
thought it would just be a matter of hooking up a serial port cable and
off I
would go!! wow!
but thanks again for taking the time...breezyyb

"Ron Badour" wrote:

The easy way to transfer games is to use a memory stick providing your
laptop has a USB port.

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Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"breezyyb" wrote in message
...
very sorry it has taken so long to reply...what I would like to do is
hook
the 2 computers together and try and get the laptop online. what does
it
have?? its got a PMCIA card and thats it, its set up for dialup and I
have
cable. it doesnt have a
cd rom. I would like to get a few games on it that are already on my
desktop, like gamehouse,solitaire,etc....I guess transferr them would
be a
better term. and about getting it online, I guess I just wanted to know
if
you can do that sort of thing...so thats not at the top of the list for
me...I dont know if I know what to do or what to hook together with
what
cords..serial port,com port...I am just a bit befuddled.
so I hope this answered all the things you asked,
(and I had left out in the begining!! sorry)
I hope to hear from someone soon, but its not an
emergency...whenever
you guys have the time!! thanks again!! breezyyb~~pennie