I currently have DSL on my desktop PC through a wired router. In light of what Mom's trying to do with a laptop (here; scanning photos into laptop in another room), I'm wondering if it would make sense to set up a wireless network in the house, and what it would take to do it.
As far as I can tell, the desktop box has no wireless card; the (borrowed from family member) laptop does. Do I have to install a card in the desktop, or can I buy a USB equivalent and plug it into an available port? Then do I replace my current wired router with a wireless one? Do I need a USB adapter for the laptop 100 feet or so down the hall and through a couple of doorways?
What questions have I not asked? Advice welcome!
Cross-posted from my blog.
As far as I can tell, the desktop box has no wireless card; the (borrowed from family member) laptop does. Do I have to install a card in the desktop, or can I buy a USB equivalent and plug it into an available port? Then do I replace my current wired router with a wireless one? Do I need a USB adapter for the laptop 100 feet or so down the hall and through a couple of doorways?
What questions have I not asked? Advice welcome!
Cross-posted from my blog.
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