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Wireless Network Card - How to buy oneWhen buying an external (not built-in) wireless network card for your laptop, you should consider these things… Your laptop should have a PC Card slot (type I or type II). As long as your laptop has a PC Card slot, any wireless card should fit in. Note that this slot sometimes is referred to as NIC Card slot or CardBus Slot or PCMCIA Slot or Network Card SLot or LAN Card Slot. When selecting a card, make sure it is of CardBus Type II or PCMCIA Type II. You don’t need to worry about your laptop model or brand. Instead you would worry about the Windows version... you need to have at least Windows 98 to be able to establish wireless connection. You want a card that is IEEE 802.11 b/g compliant and transfers data at up to 54 Mbits/sec max. The 'b/g' compatible card will let you connect to a newer faster 802.11g connection and to an older slower 802.11b connection. This type of a card will work with your home wireless router and at the HotSpot location. Note that the older IEEE 802.11(b) standard is also called Wi-Fi standard, and it enables data transfer at up to only 22 Mbits/sec (2.75 MBytes/sec) on a frequency of 2.4 GHz. The 54 Mbits/sec limit should keep your wireless connection speed up-to-date for a long time. You shouldn’t worry about the card brand. Any brand will do as they are all comparable, just go for the best price... You wireless card brand doesn't have to match your wireless router brand either. As long as the router supports IEEE 802.11 b/g your card will find it... See a fantastic selection of cheap wireless network cards here. To learn more about the wireless standards go to... Wi-Fi Alliance. Back to wireless internet laptop. Contact Us: infogate@comcast.net |
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