Wireless networking help
#1
Wireless networking help
Hi,
I have currently got a connection between my laptop & desktop PC with a cat5 crossover cable allowing me to share files & access the internet on the laptop. I would like to be able to use the laptop downstairs and obviously the best way is to go wireless.
My laptop has built in wireless capability & i'm connected to the internet with a USB broadband modem in my PC. Is it simply a case of installing a wireless card in my PC to enable my laptop to connect to the PC as it is currently just without the Cat5 cable?
I would like to spend as little as possible so any suggestions/recommendations well come
Thanks,
Gareth
I have currently got a connection between my laptop & desktop PC with a cat5 crossover cable allowing me to share files & access the internet on the laptop. I would like to be able to use the laptop downstairs and obviously the best way is to go wireless.
My laptop has built in wireless capability & i'm connected to the internet with a USB broadband modem in my PC. Is it simply a case of installing a wireless card in my PC to enable my laptop to connect to the PC as it is currently just without the Cat5 cable?
I would like to spend as little as possible so any suggestions/recommendations well come
Thanks,
Gareth
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you would need a wireless router to have wireless internet.
Both PC's would then connect to the router be it wireless with wireless cards or with cat5 cable to the router. What do you have? cable or ADSL?
check out below link for routers, depending on how you connect to the net will depend on what one to buy
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/
Both PC's would then connect to the router be it wireless with wireless cards or with cat5 cable to the router. What do you have? cable or ADSL?
check out below link for routers, depending on how you connect to the net will depend on what one to buy
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/
#4
I don't really want to go to the expense of getting a wireless router so would one of the following USB WiFi adapters (to be plugged in the PC) allow my laptop to communicate with my PC so I could browse the internet on the laptop in another room & share files?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Wireless-8...QQcmdZViewItem
Thanks,
Gareth
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Wireless-8...QQcmdZViewItem
Thanks,
Gareth
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