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29 April 2011

Help the Ignorant! Wireless questions.→[More:]Hi. So, we are wanting to switch bedrooms and that has caused a problem. The guest room/office is the place where the internet cable comes in. But we want to make this our main bedroom, which means the office has to go elsewhere. I could pay $90 to have Comcast come and move the cable, OR, so I think, we could get a wireless router and go wireless. Am I right about this? WE have my desktop plus one laptop both running Windows - mine is XP, his is Vista. How hard would this be to pull off? And how expensive? Assuming I'm patient and can follow directions, can I pull this off?

post by: Miko at: 17:51 | 4 comments

If your desktop doesn't have a wireless card you'll need a USB wireless adapter (looks like one of those dongles). I did this with my PC and now have the router in the living room connecting wirelessly to my netbook (with built-in wireless card) and the XP PC via an adaptor.

posted by Senyar 29 April | 18:16

Oh, and I use this wireless router. It's excellent.

posted by Senyar 29 April | 18:18

Does the laptop already have wireless (probably if its fairly recent)? Does the desktop? You may need a wireless card for the desktop. I got one for a desktop a couple years ago for $35.
On a recent trip home I temporarily added a wireless router to my Mom's setup. It was $35 and worth it for the time I spent there.

posted by DarkForest 29 April | 18:18

OK, thanks all y'all - it seems like this is not that hard. I also found this for dummies-type explanation and am about to head out to my friendly local computer hardware place.

posted by Miko 30 April | 10:36

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