Wirelass Card in a Desktop External Wireless Cards, The Pros And Cons

[iGuest 3]

Wirelass Card in a DesktopExternal Wireless Cards, The Pros And Cons

I would like to make my HP desktop wireless.  I have been told that I can purchase a wireless card.  Can you give me some suggestions and recommedations of what is needed to achieve this.  My apartment has free wifi and I do not have a landline.  Can this be done?

Thanks 

-question by Felicia B

 

[nirvaman 1]

Purchasing a wireless card , is a good choice , i can't recommend you a product since i don't know where do you, live.I was working with a d-link card , and i'm satisfied about it.

[Saint_Michael 3]

Anything from Linksys or Netgear will be good, of course, you have to make sure the card is compatible with the computer. What I would recommend is get ahold of HP and see what they suggest to install, that way your computer will be compatible with the card.

[Бојан 0]

It's better to use USB Wireless dongle from Linksys, DLink or Cisco. It's cheaper i think and you can use it on older laptops that doesn't have integrated wireless chip.

[andresf91 0]

Just a hint: make sure you know how to install a wireless card before actually buying one and that if you have a free slot in your motherboard to connect it.I'm telling you this because... if you don't understand what I'm talking about, then don't go for a wireless card. Buy a WiFi USB adapter, as Бојан said, because they are usually way much easier to install and use, just like inserting a pen-drive.Anyway, most chips come with an installation guide, usually quite easy to understand but sometimes hard to take to practise. However, if you are really interested in a WiFi card, as I said, check if you have a free slot in your motherboard. Motherboards have different slots or ports, to which every piece of hardware inside your computer is plugged: processor, memory, graphic card, sound card, network card, modem?... etc.