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06 October 2005

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I received an old-ish Presario 1245 as a hand-me-down and would like to get it WiFi-ed.

I have no idea how to do this.

It doesn't have an ethernet card, just a dial-up port.

It's got one USB port, which isn't in use.

Where do I start? And how do I do it on the cheap? (I've got a wireless router on the desktop, so that much is taken care of.)

Thanks!

post by: mudpuppie at: 19:48 | 5 comments

Well, simple... get a USB WiFi adaptor. Linksys and Netgear make decent ones (Here's the Netgear one).

Or, if you have PC card slots on the laptop, you could get a PC card adaptor, which is preferable (because one of these would be situated mostly inside the machine rather than plugged in and outside of it). Again, Linksys is a good brand.

Get a Wireless-G compatible card or USB adaptor (that is, one that supports 802.11G).

posted by killdevil 06 October | 20:16

can't you get an external thing with an antenna that plugs into the ethernet slot or something?

posted by amberglow 06 October | 23:01

amberglow, that's another way to phrase my question.

I think killdevil sorted it out for me. Thanks, murderous satanic one!

posted by mudpuppie 07 October | 00:16

Thanks, murderous satanic one!

Funny, I always imagined something more like this. (Particularly the group photo, lower right).

posted by Hugh Janus 07 October | 09:11

Hee hee!

posted by killdevil 07 October | 10:32

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