someone told me we needed one for our laptop to be wireless but im so dumb when it comes to computers i dont know what one is or where to buy or how much they r? thanks
2007-07-09 00:49:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
The wireless LAN card is kinda like your cell phone. It transmits and recieves a signal from a router "hot spot". The "hot spot" is a place that sends and recieves a signal to the wireless cards, but it is also connected to the internet or LAN.
If you are using this at home, you will need a wireless router to connect to your internet. Without the router or a connection point, your wireless LAN card will be pretty much useless for your own network at home.
2007-07-09 01:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by George P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two different things that this person may have meant. Most laptops do not need a wireless LAN card, since they already have them built in. You would have to have a really old laptop for you to need a PCI wireless LAN card.
What this person may have meant is a PCI wireless broadband card, which Sprint and Cingular both make, which is actually a broadband cellphone that can uplink anywhere you can make a cellular phone call. You don't have to be in a WiFi hot spot or have access to a LAN. It costs about $50 per month for unlimited usage.
That's how I connect, and it works pretty well. It's not quite as fast as a LAN connection, but fast enough, and it has a much, much wider range (as in 10 miles from a cellular tower, instead of 100 feet from a router).
2007-07-09 08:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by David T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wireless lan card is nothing but a card like ethernet card which is used to connect via wireless .
For Example=
Airport is a device which is usd to connect 10 computer at time wirelessly.
And u can also try airport card it is compatible with windows, mac ,linux etc.
2007-07-09 07:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need this in order to receive a signal from the wireless router. They'll set you back around $30 US Dollars.
You can buy them from all computer retailers.
2007-07-09 07:54:18 · answer #4 · answered by รզlεսռց ☆ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a card that is necessary to connect to a wireless network server. You can get them for about $30. If you have a notebook that you purchased lately, you probably don't need it.
2007-07-09 07:53:46 · answer #5 · answered by Kokopelli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
802.11 cards, they are standardized except you may need particular variant: a/b/g/n in either PCI/PC Card/USB denomination.
About $30 if you look for sales of new merchandizes Lower if you look for 2nd hand deals.
2007-07-09 08:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋