[access-uk] Re: can I add wireless to a desktop computer?
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:42:06 -0000
Hi Simon,
Yes indeed you can, and in fact I've just done it about a week ago.
I bought a Wireless PCI card for my Windows 7 Desk top from PC World .
I'm not at home right now where the box is, but the receipt says "LINK
SYS WL N PTWK PCI ADP" and the Item Number 0000421378. Cost was
£69.99.
This card appears to be a cut above the rest for a variety of
technical reasons. I have 10 Megabyte Virgin Cable, and I'm getting
as good a speed wirelessly as I do when I hard-wire connect to Virgins
router. I can't quite say the same for my wife's or my HP laptops. I
have around a 50 meg download from the States I do every day, so at
least have a benchmark.
I don't know where your local PC World is, but do be careful over your
selection. There were cards and USB wireless devices upwards of
£29.95 which looked like they might do the same job - but looking very
closely at the small print, I concluded that they were probably only
OK if you were virtually next door to the wireless router.
George.
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Subject: [access-uk] can I add wireless to a desktop computer?
hello list,
I would like to know, if I can add wireless networking, to a desktop
computer, as I have a computer in another room, and don't really want
the aggravation of running a long network cable to it if possible.
but, being a desktop machine, it does not have built in wireless
networking already, so what do I need to get, to give it wireless
capability?
Simon
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