What is the name of the thing you pick up WiFi with for your computer?

Question

I have a home computer in my house and it's connected directly to the router. I have another computer in my room that i need to pickup the WiFi... Whats the name of the device that picks up the WiFi?

Answer 1

wireless adapter, wireless card?

Answer 2

It is refered to as the adapter.  It can be in one of 3 forms: USB, PCI, or PCMCIA.  Unless you have an old laptop, most laptops have built in wifi.  USB is the simplest card to install.  PCMCIA works great for laptops and is no hard to install than USB, but it only works for laptops.

Answer 3

A wireless adapter

Answer 4

A wireless card?

Answer 5

network adaptor $20 at overstock

http://www.overstock.com/search?keywords...

Answer 6

A wireless card? It's always a card, whether it's PCI, PCMCIA or Mini PCI xD. Or a dongle in USB form.

For a PC you'd need a USB WIFI dongle or a PCI Wireless Card, both probably very cheap now.