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I am not very technically minded and would appriciate some advice.
I have my desktop pc (Windows XP pro) and a Toshiba Sattelite laptop(Windows XP home)
I have Virgin Media Broadband with 100 (silver box) modem, up to 2mg broadband speed.
I am thinking of connecting my desktop and laptop wirelessly.
At present, I disconnect my desktop from the modem and then connect my laptop via the ethernet cable.
My laptop does not have a Wireless enabled network card so I think I would need a USB adaptor.
Does my desktop pc need to have a network card other than the ethernet one that currently connects my pc to my cable modem?
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Re: Wireless advice/help please
You will need a wireless router obviously.
If you want to connect the desktop wirelessly then you'll also need a USB adaptor or PCI NIC for that.
If you're happy to continue connecting the desktop with a cable then the wireless router will have ethernet ports that you can plug a CAT5e cable into.
I am happy to connect my desktop to my cable modem with a cable (as is now), so if I buy a router with a usb adaptor for my laptop, am I correct in assuming, from your reply, that I would just need to buy a
Wireless router with a USB adaptor for the laptop and CAT 5e cable
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Re: Wireless advice/help please
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Originally Posted by Church Mouse
Thank you
I am happy to connect my desktop to my cable modem with a cable (as is now), so if I buy a router with a usb adaptor for my laptop, am I correct in assuming, from your reply, that I would just need to buy a
Wireless router with a USB adaptor for the laptop and CAT 5e cable
No need to buy a PCI NIC for my desktop?
Thank you
for your help
Church Mouse
You'd actually connect the desktop to the router LAN port with ethernet cable & the modem to the router WAN port with a cable. So you will need one extra cable & the USB adaptor for the laptop as well as the router.
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