forggywhite
Newbie   Posts: 1 Registered: 29/3/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 29/3/07 at 03:21
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Firstly hello to every one, im a total newbie as
im sure you will find when you read my post,
I am try to set my Laptop up wirelessly, i
have an Acer 3003lc laptop, i am unsure which
wireless card to go for (which one my laptop can
accept) as i have looked on ebay at the
PCMCIA cards and there are so many with such
differences in price and i dont know what to go
for, i am also trying to purchase a wireless
router, and again am unsure which to go for, im
on a pretty tight budget so cant afford to buy
the best on the market, could anyone offer any
advice?
Im currently with Virgin Media for my broadband
connection and get pretty good speeds up to about
5mb, would i lose speed being wireless?
Sorry for such a detailed question with a lot of
help needed but it would be much appreciated if
you could offer some advice,
Thanks in advance
Forggy
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p2ud
Newbie Posts: 1 Registered: 5/9/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 5/9/07 at 10:25 |
Hello Forggy, I'm new here too!
In response to your question, you're not really
limited by what to go for by the model of
laptop, just so long as you have the PCMCIA slot
free.
Basically you'll be after a 54g card, they range
in value but the standard helps everyone stay on
track. That's a theoretical throughput of 54 Megabits
per second, so well above your 5Mbit internet
connection, although you could drop below if you
move too far from the router.
As for which brand to get, look around for
what's on offer but I would recommend matching
brands of the card and router for best results.
Some good brands to look out for: Linksys, Belkin
and Netgear
I notice you posted this a long time ago so I
hope it's of help still.
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