How do I make my desktop Wireless

texcon

How do i make my desktop wireless and connect to my wireless notebook?


Will a usb network adaptor work (1 for about €40)


thanks

tex

irlrobins

Yea you can get a wireless card for your PC (USB or PCI) and then create a wireless link between the two. If you're planning on making link to move files from one to the other, and both have network cards, a crossover cable would be better as it will be much faster to transfer files.

I assume this is what you want to do and you're not asking how to get PC onto a wireless network to access internet.

texcon

irlrobins wrote:

Yea you can get a wireless card for your PC (USB or PCI) and then create a wireless link between the two. If you're planning on making link to move files from one to the other, and both have network cards, a crossover cable would be better as it will be much faster to transfer files.

I assume this is what you want to do and you're not asking how to get PC onto a wireless network to access internet.

Yeah just to transfer files between two.
Getting a wireless router off eircom its in the post. (€90)

could i join the two together through the router? with the destop connect by wire and the laptop by wireless.

Thanks for ur help

irlrobins

Ah if you have a router jsut follow the manual to get the two machines connected to it (wired or wireless).

Then a read of these will point you in the right direction:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm
http://www.theeldergeek.com/quick_guide_to_simple_file_sharing.htm

texcon

will do when eirocm gets the router out!


thanks again