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Name: risengeneral
Date: November 7, 2006 at 09:49:51 Pacific
Subject: what do i need for wireless interne
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what hardware do i need for wireless internet. my mom bought the iternet but i don't have what i need to get it on my computer.


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Name: steigrafx
Date: November 7, 2006 at 10:41:16 Pacific
Subject: what do i need for wireless interne
Reply: (edit)

You need a wireless broadband router, and each PC needs a wireless network interface card (unless one is close enough to the broadband router, in which case you can use ethernet cable -- the PC's may have built-in wired network interface cards).

It goes like this. The internet (I'm guessing your mom got cable internet service) goes into the broadband router with a cable, and the router distributes the internet to other computers either with wires or wirelessly.

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Response Number 2
Name: risengeneral
Date: November 7, 2006 at 10:44:22 Pacific
Subject: what do i need for wireless interne
Reply: (edit)

so all i nee dot buy is the wireless network card to pick up the internet? if i have to other stuff


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Response Number 3
Name: jam
Date: November 7, 2006 at 12:49:00 Pacific
Subject: what do i need for wireless interne
Reply: (edit)

How many computers are you trying to hook up? If you only have one computer, the internet cable connects to the modem & the modem is connected directly to the PC, either thru an ethernet cable or a USB cable.

If you wanna connect more than one PC, you'll need to get a router. The router connects between the modem & the main PC & can distribute the internet signal to multiple PCs either thru ethernet cables or a wireless signal. In your case, it appears you want a wireless router. Each computer that you wanna connect to the internet will need a wireless adapter to be able to pickup the signal being transmitted by the wireless router. The adapter can either be a PCI card type or a USB type.

Your network will have to be given a name & the wireless signal *should* be encrypted so that no one nearby can tap into your internet connection. Each computer on your network will have to be configured with your network & encryption info to be able to "tap in" to your internet signal


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Response Number 4
Name: chrisman7 (by chrisman.7)
Date: November 8, 2006 at 17:56:57 Pacific
Subject: what do i need for wireless interne
Reply: (edit)

yes all you need is the wireless cards
as long as the router is a wreless router

then all it takes is to configure the equipment for the network


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