Yep, Your cable modem should have an RJ45 plug that goes into your present router. You just plug that into the wireless router instead of your present router. There will usually be 4 other RJ45 jacks on the wireless router so you can, if you want, plug the desktop into the wireless router directly just as you have it now plugged into your present router. You can also plug your notebook into it if you like but that rather defeats the purpose.
I have a network printer and a network embosser plugged into my wireless router up stairs so I can print to them from either of our notebooks anywhere in the house without having to connect to them directly. Certainly you can put a wireless card in your desktop but why bother? Hope this is helpful. . ----- Original Message ----- From: Brice Mijares To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless network card Hello Dale, My router isn't a wireless one. I've had it at least 5 years. I can hook up 4 computers to it. When I do decide to buy a new laptop, I'll have to buy a wireless card for the desktop, a new wireless router, and I think my service provider may have to send me a wireless modem. Unless my present cable modem can hook up to the wireless router. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless network card > Your present router may be a wireless router. Does it have one or two > about three inch long antennae attached? If so you already have what you > need. > > If not then you want to buy a wireless router, Linksys sells a couple of > models as to D-Link and many others. It is very similar to your present > router and most, maybe all have four RJ45 connections for hard wired > devices along with the wireless transmitter and receiver.Last one I bought > was about a hundred bucks but there are so many about now you can probably > get them cheaper. > > Any modern notebook computer will have WiFi built in and should be able to > talk to a wireless router. You would probably need to add a WiVi wireless > card to a desktop computer and you may need to add one to an older > notebook computer. > > Hope this is helpful. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brice Mijares > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless network card > > > Okay, currently I have a cable modem that goes in to a Linksy router. I > have the NIC card. Question; I want to buy a lap top so I can use it down > stairs or out on the patio. Someone once told me I could buy something > that > I could hook up to my hardware firewall slash router that would send a > wireless signal to the laptop. Is this correct? if so, what is this > device > called? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trouble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 4:03 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless network card > > > As a verizon tech I wouldn't recommend these types of network hook > > ups. Because its the most slowest of all the ways to connect to the > > router. you may have a fast Internet connection, but your limit is > > the speed of the USB port and its not that fast. > > wired you can get 100mb to 10mb and 1 gig if supported by router, > > next is PCI wireless card it will give you 54mb max and last is USB > > at around 411kbs. > > If your just needing a fast or quick connect USB will do, but for the > > long hall go PCI or NIC. > > > > At 01:52 PM 11/26/2008, you wrote: > >>How would I go about trying to see if I have a wireless network card? > Is > >>this the correct terminology for wireless modem and the computer to > >>establish a internet connection? > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------ > >> > >>Send any questions regarding list management to: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To listen to the show archives go to link > > >>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > >>Or > >>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >> > >>The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > >>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >> > >>Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > >>Various List Members At The Following address: > >>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >> > >>Visit the archives page at the following address > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >>If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > >>following address for more information: > >>http://www.jaws-users.com/ > >>For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > >>Man list just send a blank message to: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > > Tim > > trouble > > Verizon support tech > > "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with > substance." > > --Sam Brown > > > > Blindeudora list owner. > > To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > Or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various > > List Members At The Following address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > > address for more information: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
