The reason im posting here is because i noticed noone looks at networking so hear we go

Hey guys my mom has bin bitching at me for a while know to get a wireless router but the problem is from what i know im probably wrong but they only make PCI wiresless cards Not PCI EXPRESS x1 adapters if they do give me a link thanks and also what is the BEST WIRELES ROUTER you can buy <3 thanks i need much help because i dont want my internet to be s--- becuase i play lots of online games.....

Why would you want a PCI-express wireless network card? As far as I am aware, graphics cards are the only available PCI-express hardware available at the moment and they're not exactly mainstream yet.

Anyway, PCI-express equipped motherboards are backwards compatible with PCI, so any PCI wireless network card will work. Alternatively, get a USB one?

What exactly do you need the router for? How many computers do you wish to connect together? more than two?
Do they all want access the internet?
Broadband?

If yes, you need a wireless gateway, not a router, since a wireless router requires the addition of a cat5 UTP DSL modem, which are expensive and very hard to find.

A gateway provides an all-in-one solution for a small amount more money than a router, but works out cheaper because of the modem thing.

Get an 802.11g (54Mbps) gateway and wireless network cards rather than 802.11b (11Mbps).

You'll need a regular (wired) cat5 UTP network card in one of the PC's to configure the gateway via the console. Some motherboards have this onboard, otherwise the cards are very cheap anyway. Once configured, the gateway will be free-standing and completely self sufficient and can be turned on or off as much as you like without the need to reconfigure (Unless you change ISP's or something).

Try to get a gateway with a firewall and WEP encryption.

Something like a Linksys WAG54G would do nicely.

Without more info about what you intend, it's difficult to be more specific.

Hope this helps.

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Yes its going to be broadband and im not that good with networking i dont know much about it at all so :D haveto kinda guess Its going to be broadband and im going to have to hook 5 computers up to it and also can you use a router with a wireless?

A wireless router yes. Lol

But remember that (for home use, anyway)
a 'router' needs a broadband modem too to connect it to the internet. Most require a non-USB broadband router, which are quite uncommon, so either get a router which does allow a regular USB modem to be connected to it, get hold of a non-USB (cat5 UTP) broadband modem (rare and expensive) or you could have internet connected directly to one computer using a modem and then all systems connected wirelessly to the internet-connected computer through the router, but this could mean that if you want one with a hardware firewall built-in, the PC with the internet connection will be outside the firewall, so won't benefit from it.

A wireless gateway is a completely free-standing device plugged into the phone line and resides between your network and the internet, therefore using the hardware firewall to maximum effect. Wireless gateways are basically wireless routers with a modem built-in.

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"Anyway, PCI-express equipped motherboards are backwards compatible with PCI, so any PCI wireless network card will work. Alternatively, get a USB one?" You can't stick a pci card into a pci-express slot.

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If you go wireless, make sure you secure it!!! Look for a card and router that BOTH support WPA encryption, not WEP! WEP can now be hacked in minutes!

Think hard if you can't get a wire to wherever your other computer is going first and foremost. Nothing beats the security of a wired network (compared to wireless). Wired networks are also much more reliable and faster!

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"You can't stick a pci card into a pci-express slot"

Clearly, but all current PCI-express motherboards also have PCI slots, so are backwards compatible sith PCI in that sense.

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I don't know what all of you are talking about, but modems and routers for broadband are not hard to find, nor are they expensive. You can get cable modems from any Best Buy, DSL modems are always provided by the ISP, and every last one that I've seen has an RJ-45 (standard ethernet) port on it. Then all you need is a wireless cable/DSL broadband router like the Linksys WRT54G or the Netgear WGR614 (both 54 Mbps 802.11g). All of this is very mainstream very easy to learn to understand. All you have to do is walk into Best Buy, tell them 1) this is what I have and 2) this is what I'm trying to do, and they'll set you up with the right equipment. It won't even be that expensive (gasp!).