What can I buy to make my computer pick up a wireless signal from my router?

Question

Is there anything I can buy to make my computer pick up a signal?

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Answer 1

You will need a wireless card or a wireless USB adapater.  They are carried at any computer store or online.

Answer 2

You'll need to get a wireless router to broadcast your internet signal and then a wireless adapter to pick up the signal at each computer you want on the network.  Here's a link to a site with the basics of wireless networking.

Answer 3

You need either an internal or external "wireless network adapter."

The external is a device you plug into your USB slot.

The internal type is a card you install in your PC tower on a slot on the Mother Board.

You can get a variety of choices from: Linksys, Net-gear, or D-link to name a few.

I've given to addresses below so you can read up on it.

Just go to a Radio Shack, Circuit City, Best Buy, or any computer supply store and be ready to tell them what kind of computer you have (i.e. a Notebook computer, Desktop IBM Compatible PC, MacIntosh, etc.) They will take it from there.

Answer 4

generally a wireless network card will do the trick. You can buy one for both a desktop and a laptop. If you're using it for a desktop, i recommend just buying a USB wireless network card. It can plug into any USB port.

Answer 5

There are several things you can do.

If it's a laptop you you probably have to buy a card to be used (if your laptop doesn't already support wireless). Something like this should work.

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WPC54G-Wir...

If it's a desktop you also need to buy a wireless card (though it's a different type. (something like this)

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WMP54GS-Wi...

Or instead of the card you could buy a wireless USB device. Though the actual card normally performs better.  (like this)

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WUSB54GC-C...

The links provided are just examples, you might want to shop around to find one that fits your circumstance the best. Remember that there is also three different wireless channels. B, G and N. The most common are A, B and G  

Answer 6

Wireless card or adapter depends if its a laptop or destop or computer brand.