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Wireless in UCD

Neil_Sedaka · 2005-12-01 12:16:33

I have a friend in UCD, she wants to use her laptop to connect to a wireless hot-spot in UCD. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 5160 but she's not sure if it has wireless capability so the question is: Can she simply buy a usb dongle like this http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=305053&cks=SPC and connect once she has the…

01-12-2005 1:16pm

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Neil_Sedaka

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I have a friend in UCD, she wants to use her laptop to connect to a wireless hot-spot in UCD.
The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 5160 but she's not sure if it has wireless capability
so the question is:

Can she simply buy a usb dongle like this http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=305053&cks=SPC and connect once she has the password from UCD?
What's the difference between the dongle and a CardBus adapter like this http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=301534&cks=PRL ??

Thanks for any advice.

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#2 01-12-2005 2:49pm

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yes either card will work fine. Only noticeable difference is that they use different ports to connect to laptop.

So what ever takes her fancy. I'd go with the pc card one as it will leave all the usb ports free for memory key, ipod or what ever.

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#3 01-12-2005 3:45pm

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yeh got it in one couldnt say any better. try and get a good card though! Cisco or DLink or Buffalo

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#4 01-12-2005 6:57pm

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Cheers lads, sound advice as always;)

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