[Harkoliar]

vulcan rider: -------------------- Harkoliar -- you posted a picture of a wireless Network Interface Card (NIC) for a laptop. A NIC for a desktop machine is (usually) a circuit board you install inside your machine. Both laptops and desktops could have wireless NICs (with some kind of antenna) or NICs with a plug for a network cable. You said "I should connect a wireless router (or access point) to the existing router and just put a wireless lan card to my computer and thats it?" YES! Your wireless access point might have a built-in router, so it could replace your existing router, but it wouldn't hurt to have both on your network. And don't forget Bungleau's security tips, so neighbors & strangers living nearby can't use your network (& maybe look at your hard drive!) without your permission. Re: "what is the access point for?" It just takes the data moving through the (hard-wired) network and sends it out over the air (so your laptop can pick it up), and it takes the data coming over the air (from your laptop) and puts it onto the wired network.

i get it now . so those routers (and lan cards) have already built in NIC cards right? okay, so a wireless router and wireless lan card is needed then . thanks alot! i really needed a lecture on this before i do something stupid.

i really cant believe why they have to make terms so complicated. i thought that NIC are SEPERATE gadgets that you need to install which I could not figure out where your suppose to install them. doh! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

for the lan card or usb2 adaptor (i think thats possible)
link: http://www.cheapcomputer.com.au/products/item1858.asp


OR
link: http://www.cheapcomputer.com.au/products/item424.asp


AND
the router:

link: http://www.cheapcomputer.com.au/products/item1854.asp

opinions?

[ 03-18-2004, 10:40 PM: Message edited by: Harkoliar ]