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9 Oct 2007 3:28 AM
Cynanthis
Hi, I am having a hard time understanding these things. I have a windows Xp
OEM desktop without wireless. I can only gt online with dialup service. I
was reading about a product ,Belkin, about a USB thing you can insert to a
desktop so that you can pick up wireless signal (like the way a laptop
does)- THis way, I dont have to get one installed INSIDE the tower. just USB
externally.
Between 3 houses in my neighborhood, we are gonna ge/share the wireless
internet. Someone else will have the wireless modem in their house. We are
undecided of 2 internet providers but will know soon which one we will use.
I am the only one that doesnt have a wireless card or other installed on
their pc. SO, should I wait till we know who the ISP will be or will any USB
network wireless thing suffice.
We are all running Win XP.thaks in advance

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9 Oct 2007 3:42 PM
Jack (MVP-Networking).
Hi
Yes you can buy a USB Wireless card and plug it to the USB Port of your
laptop. It would work like nay other type of Wireless card.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Cynanthis" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am having a hard time understanding these things. I have a windows
> Xp OEM desktop without wireless. I can only gt online with dialup service.
> I was reading about a product ,Belkin, about a USB thing you can insert to
> a desktop so that you can pick up wireless signal (like the way a laptop
> does)- THis way, I dont have to get one installed INSIDE the tower. just
> USB externally.
> Between 3 houses in my neighborhood, we are gonna ge/share the wireless
> internet. Someone else will have the wireless modem in their house. We are
> undecided of 2 internet providers but will know soon which one we will
> use. I am the only one that doesnt have a wireless card or other installed
> on their pc. SO, should I wait till we know who the ISP will be or will
> any USB network wireless thing suffice.
> We are all running Win XP.thaks in advance
>

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