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network adapter To S. Winograd
If your have a wireless router located near the desktop computer, you
can connect the computer to the router through a wired connection, without the need for a wireless adapter. that is how i'm using it now, but the wireless would give me the chance to move my laptop in more comfortable surroundings, plus hotspots. Checking those links seems it would be more economical, for me anyway, to replace the pci card i have now with one that is wirless...then. |
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network adapter To S. Winograd
In article , TonyB
wrote: I have a Realtec network adapter that came with my desktop a couple of years ago. Is there a way of knowing if its adaptable to wireless connections? To get wireless network access through your existing Realtek wired adapter, get a wireless gaming adapter and connect it to the Realtek. Here are some examples: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=154416 http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adap...rs/WGE111.aspx http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=333 Or even it isn't, i have a compatible router and my laptop is wireless...can the one in the desktop ( if its not wireless ) be able to be used as such? I went to the company and there is no contact info..just updated drivers. If your have a wireless router located near the desktop computer, you can connect the computer to the router through a wired connection, without the need for a wireless adapter. that is how i'm using it now, but the wireless would give me the chance to move my laptop in more comfortable surroundings, plus hotspots. I'm sorry, but I don't understand this. If your laptop has a wireless network adapter built in, you can use the laptop anywhere. How your desktop connects is irrelevant to your laptop. Checking those links seems it would be more economical, for me anyway, to replace the pci card i have now with one that is wirless...then. I didn't suggest a wireless PCI adapter for the desktop because I don't know of any that work with Windows 98. If you can find one, great. The wireless gaming adapters that I suggested work with any computer. When you respond to a news group message, please post it as a reply to that message so that everyone who's interested can follow the whole conversation. Don't post a new message with a new title, and don't address it to a specific person. Thanks. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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network adapter To S. Winograd
In article , TonyB
wrote: I have a Realtec network adapter that came with my desktop a couple of years ago. Is there a way of knowing if its adaptable to wireless connections? To get wireless network access through your existing Realtek wired adapter, get a wireless gaming adapter and connect it to the Realtek. Here are some examples: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=154416 http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adap...rs/WGE111.aspx http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=333 Or even it isn't, i have a compatible router and my laptop is wireless...can the one in the desktop ( if its not wireless ) be able to be used as such? I went to the company and there is no contact info..just updated drivers. If your have a wireless router located near the desktop computer, you can connect the computer to the router through a wired connection, without the need for a wireless adapter. that is how i'm using it now, but the wireless would give me the chance to move my laptop in more comfortable surroundings, plus hotspots. I'm sorry, but I don't understand this. If your laptop has a wireless network adapter built in, you can use the laptop anywhere. How your desktop connects is irrelevant to your laptop. Checking those links seems it would be more economical, for me anyway, to replace the pci card i have now with one that is wirless...then. I didn't suggest a wireless PCI adapter for the desktop because I don't know of any that work with Windows 98. If you can find one, great. The wireless gaming adapters that I suggested work with any computer. When you respond to a news group message, please post it as a reply to that message so that everyone who's interested can follow the whole conversation. Don't post a new message with a new title, and don't address it to a specific person. Thanks. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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network adapter To S. Winograd
Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
In article , TonyB wrote: I have a Realtec network adapter that came with my desktop a couple of years ago. Is there a way of knowing if its adaptable to wireless connections? To get wireless network access through your existing Realtek wired adapter, get a wireless gaming adapter and connect it to the Realtek. Here are some examples: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=154416 http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adap...rs/WGE111.aspx http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=333 Or even it isn't, i have a compatible router and my laptop is wireless...can the one in the desktop ( if its not wireless ) be able to be used as such? I went to the company and there is no contact info..just updated drivers. If your have a wireless router located near the desktop computer, you can connect the computer to the router through a wired connection, without the need for a wireless adapter. that is how i'm using it now, but the wireless would give me the chance to move my laptop in more comfortable surroundings, plus hotspots. I'm sorry, but I don't understand this. If your laptop has a wireless network adapter built in, you can use the laptop anywhere. How your desktop connects is irrelevant to your laptop. Checking those links seems it would be more economical, for me anyway, to replace the pci card i have now with one that is wirless...then. I didn't suggest a wireless PCI adapter for the desktop because I don't know of any that work with Windows 98. If you can find one, great. The wireless gaming adapters that I suggested work with any computer. Is this newsgroup mainly for win98? I didn't know that. When you respond to a news group message, please post it as a reply to that message so that everyone who's interested can follow the whole conversation. Don't post a new message with a new title, and don't address it to a specific person. Thanks. Yes, as far as hot spots and etc. ..but would it work in my home ...ie...desktop downstairs ( not wireless ) upstairs with wireless adapter? I didn't know this, if its true. How does one communicate on the internet in such cases? I'm not sending this directly to you S. Winograd...indirectly...if you don't want me to include your moniker in the subject in the future, I won't, now that I know. Thanks for your suggestions. |
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network adapter To S. Winograd
Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
In article , TonyB wrote: I have a Realtec network adapter that came with my desktop a couple of years ago. Is there a way of knowing if its adaptable to wireless connections? To get wireless network access through your existing Realtek wired adapter, get a wireless gaming adapter and connect it to the Realtek. Here are some examples: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=154416 http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adap...rs/WGE111.aspx http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=333 Or even it isn't, i have a compatible router and my laptop is wireless...can the one in the desktop ( if its not wireless ) be able to be used as such? I went to the company and there is no contact info..just updated drivers. If your have a wireless router located near the desktop computer, you can connect the computer to the router through a wired connection, without the need for a wireless adapter. that is how i'm using it now, but the wireless would give me the chance to move my laptop in more comfortable surroundings, plus hotspots. I'm sorry, but I don't understand this. If your laptop has a wireless network adapter built in, you can use the laptop anywhere. How your desktop connects is irrelevant to your laptop. Checking those links seems it would be more economical, for me anyway, to replace the pci card i have now with one that is wirless...then. I didn't suggest a wireless PCI adapter for the desktop because I don't know of any that work with Windows 98. If you can find one, great. The wireless gaming adapters that I suggested work with any computer. Is this newsgroup mainly for win98? I didn't know that. When you respond to a news group message, please post it as a reply to that message so that everyone who's interested can follow the whole conversation. Don't post a new message with a new title, and don't address it to a specific person. Thanks. Yes, as far as hot spots and etc. ..but would it work in my home ...ie...desktop downstairs ( not wireless ) upstairs with wireless adapter? I didn't know this, if its true. How does one communicate on the internet in such cases? I'm not sending this directly to you S. Winograd...indirectly...if you don't want me to include your moniker in the subject in the future, I won't, now that I know. Thanks for your suggestions. |
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network adapter To S. Winograd
In article , TonyB
wrote: I have a Realtec network adapter that came with my desktop a couple of years ago. Is there a way of knowing if its adaptable to wireless connections? To get wireless network access through your existing Realtek wired adapter, get a wireless gaming adapter and connect it to the Realtek. Here are some examples: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=154416 http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adap...rs/WGE111.aspx http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=333 Or even it isn't, i have a compatible router and my laptop is wireless...can the one in the desktop ( if its not wireless ) be able to be used as such? I went to the company and there is no contact info..just updated drivers. If your have a wireless router located near the desktop computer, you can connect the computer to the router through a wired connection, without the need for a wireless adapter. that is how i'm using it now, but the wireless would give me the chance to move my laptop in more comfortable surroundings, plus hotspots. I'm sorry, but I don't understand this. If your laptop has a wireless network adapter built in, you can use the laptop anywhere. How your desktop connects is irrelevant to your laptop. Checking those links seems it would be more economical, for me anyway, to replace the pci card i have now with one that is wirless...then. I didn't suggest a wireless PCI adapter for the desktop because I don't know of any that work with Windows 98. If you can find one, great. The wireless gaming adapters that I suggested work with any computer. Is this newsgroup mainly for win98? I didn't know that. When you respond to a news group message, please post it as a reply to that message so that everyone who's interested can follow the whole conversation. Don't post a new message with a new title, and don't address it to a specific person. Thanks. Yes, as far as hot spots and etc. ..but would it work in my home ..ie...desktop downstairs ( not wireless ) upstairs with wireless adapter? I didn't know this, if its true. How does one communicate on the internet in such cases? I'm not sending this directly to you S. Winograd...indirectly...if you don't want me to include your moniker in the subject in the future, I won't, now that I know. Thanks for your suggestions. I'm seeing your messages in the news group named microsoft.public.win98.performance, so I assumed that your computer has Windows 98. I'm sorry if that isn't right. If your desktop computer has Windows XP, I'd recommend getting a USB wireless adapter instead of a PCI adapter. A USB adapter is easier to install than a PCI adapter and easier to position for good performance than a PCI adapter. However, I'm not sure that your desktop computer needs a wireless adapter at all. I don't really understand your setup. If you have a wireless router in the same room as the desktop computer, connect the computer to the router using an Ethernet cable. A wired desktop computer and a wireless laptop computer can both communicate through a wireless router. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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network adapter To S. Winograd
In article , TonyB
wrote: I have a Realtec network adapter that came with my desktop a couple of years ago. Is there a way of knowing if its adaptable to wireless connections? To get wireless network access through your existing Realtek wired adapter, get a wireless gaming adapter and connect it to the Realtek. Here are some examples: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=154416 http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adap...rs/WGE111.aspx http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=333 Or even it isn't, i have a compatible router and my laptop is wireless...can the one in the desktop ( if its not wireless ) be able to be used as such? I went to the company and there is no contact info..just updated drivers. If your have a wireless router located near the desktop computer, you can connect the computer to the router through a wired connection, without the need for a wireless adapter. that is how i'm using it now, but the wireless would give me the chance to move my laptop in more comfortable surroundings, plus hotspots. I'm sorry, but I don't understand this. If your laptop has a wireless network adapter built in, you can use the laptop anywhere. How your desktop connects is irrelevant to your laptop. Checking those links seems it would be more economical, for me anyway, to replace the pci card i have now with one that is wirless...then. I didn't suggest a wireless PCI adapter for the desktop because I don't know of any that work with Windows 98. If you can find one, great. The wireless gaming adapters that I suggested work with any computer. Is this newsgroup mainly for win98? I didn't know that. When you respond to a news group message, please post it as a reply to that message so that everyone who's interested can follow the whole conversation. Don't post a new message with a new title, and don't address it to a specific person. Thanks. Yes, as far as hot spots and etc. ..but would it work in my home ..ie...desktop downstairs ( not wireless ) upstairs with wireless adapter? I didn't know this, if its true. How does one communicate on the internet in such cases? I'm not sending this directly to you S. Winograd...indirectly...if you don't want me to include your moniker in the subject in the future, I won't, now that I know. Thanks for your suggestions. I'm seeing your messages in the news group named microsoft.public.win98.performance, so I assumed that your computer has Windows 98. I'm sorry if that isn't right. If your desktop computer has Windows XP, I'd recommend getting a USB wireless adapter instead of a PCI adapter. A USB adapter is easier to install than a PCI adapter and easier to position for good performance than a PCI adapter. However, I'm not sure that your desktop computer needs a wireless adapter at all. I don't really understand your setup. If you have a wireless router in the same room as the desktop computer, connect the computer to the router using an Ethernet cable. A wired desktop computer and a wireless laptop computer can both communicate through a wireless router. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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