How do you get wireless internet on a second computer?

Question

I just got a dell not a top of the line or new but it works. my old dell i still have and use for thhe rest of my family. it has nex-tech wireless and some wierd little box that says POWER,CABLE,PC,DATA,TEST and little green lights by each word. I think it is a router. My new computer is not a lap top. I need it to work on wireless not through the phone chord.

Answer 1

You will need to install a WIFI network card in the "new" desktop computer.

Answer 2

That wierd little box sounds like a Cable Modem (hence the word Cable) most older cable modems dont include wireless capability. Without more information from you, I would suggest that you need to buy a wireless router to put in between the cable modem and your current computer. Most often you have to clone the computers mac address in order to make the cable modem work with a router once it is set up you configure your wireless network in the router. If none of this makes sense to you then find a computer geek friend to help or spend a lot of time reading. Good luck