There was absolutely no mention whatsoever of a laptop in the first message of this thread. Your mentioning of only the Dell suggested it was the Dell you were hooking up to the router. My answer therefore was intended for the Dell and the Dell only with no thought to a second computer. I hope that better explains my answer and ends your confusion. Don cristy wrote: > Hi Don, > > I must be really tired but I am a little confused. I have a desktop (Dell) > and a laptop (HP). I want to be able to use the laptop in my home in > another room using the high speed connection from the cable modem hooked up > to my desktop. So I am a little confused when you ask if I plan to connect > to the router via cable vs wireless? Do I need to buy the adapter if I will > be using the laptop and the desktop in the same house at the same time? > > thanks > christy > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------