http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Netgear-Wireless-Desktop-Adapter-WG311/sem/rpsm/oid/81418/catOid/-12980/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
2007-07-08 14:24:54 · 3 answers · asked by Cubs 09 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Because it is for your desktop to adapt to the wireless signal.
2007-07-08 14:27:06 · answer #1 · answered by Yahoo! Answerer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Amazon:
If your are considering purchasing this --or **any other wireless network adapter**-- check carefully for compatability with Windows XP Home SP2. After over 4 hours of my own troubleshooting, and another hour on hold to speak with Netgear tech support, I learned that the only issue was that this device was having major compatability issues with SP2 (which we deployed last month on 4 computers in our network with no negative effects..until now). At this point you pretty much have the choice of returning to your previous (or non-existent) networking environment or uninstalling SP2. WARNING: Do not choose the SP2 uninstall. I went from a midly annoying networking hardware issue to a full blown operating system meltdown. In the case of Netgear, the SP2 compatability issue was not discussed on their web site (and certainly not in the included literature): I had to get this important information from the support rep. only after registering the product for the 90 day support period. If you are putting any wireless adapter into an XP SP2 system, it is time well spent to check with their tech support BEFORE install. The hold time may be time consuming, but it will be less so than Windows reinstallation (or a hard drive reformat!). Naturally, since my Netgear issue has morphed into a Windows issue, there's no more help coming from Netgear on this. I've had generally good experiences with Netgear products (a new router and laptop PCMCIA card installed flawlessly and were up and running in minutes), but this combined MS-Netgear SNAFU is a disaster of major proportions. Your experience may vary...but it would take very little for it to be better than mine! Good luck, and caveat emptor!
Update: Rollback from XP SP2 plus a reinstall of the operating system plus another 45 minutes on the phone with tech suppprt and we did succeed in getting it running. Enjoying the higher throughput, but I'm not sure it was worth the effort.
2007-07-08 21:28:56 · answer #2 · answered by matthew_hetland797 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
get an external one that u can move around instead of one that goes in a pci slot.
2007-07-08 21:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋