04-29-2004, 10:50 AM
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Ensign
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Wireless desktop?
I currently have a desktop and want to avail myself of wireless internet. I know when you have a laptob you just get a wireless card, but if you have a desktop, what do you do?
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04-29-2004, 10:57 AM
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Admiral
  
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Square On My Arse
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Just get a wireless card. They make them for desktops as well.
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04-29-2004, 10:58 AM
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Admiral
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Maryland
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You want your destop wireless? I bought a USB wireless network doodad. NETGEAR MA111 is the USB thing and I have the NETGEAR M814 wireless router. Works find for me. No ethernet cable to the router. I like the USB because if I do get a laptop I can use it also. You can also get a PCI wireless card and stick it in your desktop.
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04-29-2004, 11:03 AM
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captain awesome
Join Date: Jan 2003
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I'm using a wireless PCI card in my XPC and it works just fine. I have a Linksys router and a D-Link wireless PCI card. I've seen the PCI cards for as cheap as $15 after rebates.
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04-29-2004, 03:22 PM
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Secretary of the Navy
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood
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Yup... wireless cards come in both the PCI and USB flavors. If you want to be "flexible" as in moving the PC around connecting back to the wired network, then I'd suggest going with a USB... Also, you can elevate most USB adapters to work over the "interference" that you sometimes get at ground/desk level... and get a better signal.
I did put a normal PCI wireless card in my HTPC though... however I NEVER move it from its spot downstairs. 
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05-03-2004, 03:00 PM
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Ensign
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lawrence, KS
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yup
I like tacos
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05-04-2004, 09:53 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: USA
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Am I missing a joke here or something? I don't see how tacos relate to 802.11x networks.
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05-04-2004, 10:41 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,102
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I use a Netgear MA101, but it's not the most reliable thing in the world. But yeah it plugs into the USB, connects to a wireless router just like a laptop w/ wireless card does.
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