ok i am looking for a wireless card for my Desktop pc... i have no idea which kind to get so that i can play CS and WoW my wireless for the college is excellent and the only kind of cards that i can find are ones that require routers... so if some one can please give me the link to one that will work for my computer its a costum made intel duel core processor 3g's of RAM Asus mother boards.. dont really know remeber everything for that 300g hard drive most of the other specs i cant remeber so can some one please help me out Thanks put into wrong place... my applogies can some one please move it to the technology thread thank you
I'm going to have to assume you're trying to connect to your college internet. Since you're in college shouldn't you use Ethernet instead of going wireless?? Having a desktop computer is not the most portable thing to carry about. I think any wireless card should work. And since the wireless is "excellent", I'm guessing your getting a signal?(preexisting card?) How does a card require a router? I'm unfamiliar with this. Finally, college internet is normally secure in the fact that there's at least a password protection, are you sure you followed their directions to connect properly? Also: To find out your computer specs Go to Start---> Run Type " dxdiag " ---->Enter/Ok It'll bring up a directx diagnostic that'll tell you about ur motherboard, BIOS, and whatnot. Display tab for Video Cards.
well my desktop comp doesnt have any type of wireless card... my laptop does... and the wireless from my college is really good.. but i cant find any really good wireless cards for my desktop... like there are some on bestbuy.com but they all require a router... but i just need a wireless card that will find my college wireless signal and i just type in the PW and im in so if i could just get some links to some good gaming wireless cards that would be awesome
are you living on campus? if you're trying to leach signal from 2 miles off you're not going to get anything.
Actually if you are 2 miles away perhaps you should look into getting the largest regulation sized satellite receiver. It picks up a signal from 10 miles if i heard right. I think your confused. Consider your laptop. It has a wireless card in it and its picking up your college internet.Therefor, your college is providing the "router" already. For without a transmitter, how is the internet being transmitted by the college at all? Just in case, a router can also provide wireless service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router I looked at bestbuy and i found this one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1157068455017 It operates more or less under the same (802.11 a/b/g/n) standard that Enter Germany's and your laptop's wireless card operates. There isn't an obscure card that operates differently that i have encountered. Also, the ability to pick up a signal depends on your location. Like a Tv, your wireless cards look for any signal that comes across it, and since your laptop picks up a signal, your room or whatever is likely to be well withing your college's transmitting range. I hope this clarifies everything. I can't really understand your situation but I can try anyway.
yeah well im staying at the dorms right by my college so i have no problem getting a connection just everyone i look at it seems that it needs a router... so idk ... and the one you linked my is getting bad reviews so i dont think i willl get that one you help is greatly oppreciated.. do you think that you can link me a different one with some good reviews and is good with gaming Thanks
I loled at that, My computer doesn't even cost $900 -.- As for the card, I suggest a netgear, they are very good, I'm not positive what model it is because its in my dads computer not mine. I hav a laptop with built in wireless card and the netgear gets a signal about twice as far as my laptop does.
