Wireless card I am getting ready to buy a router for my desktop so I can have more than 1 pc throughout my home. The pc I'm trying to get internet to was a fairly older one that I upgraded to windows XP. With a router, I believe you have to have a wirecard installed first. Would my pc already have one? Can I install one myself? How can I tell if it already has one?

Buy a Belkin wireless router. Plug your Time Warner cable modem into the router. The plug your desktop into the router. Your netbook will connect wirelessly. The router will do all the network management for you. It is truly "Plug and Play"

You will probably need to buy a wireless card for your desktop - most desktop computers do not have a wireless card when you buy them.
If you do have a wireless card installed, try refreshing the connection, making your home connection a trusted/auto-connect connection and downloading a new version of the hardware driver for your wireless card.
You will no have wireless internet on your desktop.
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Usually the internet service provider (even satellite) provides a modem/router to access the internet. This being said to purchase a wireless router must mean that you are going to "broadcast" your satellite internet throughout the house so that others in the house can access the internet.

In that case, no it doesn't really matter what kind of wireless router to buy. Just make sure you connect your satellite modem/router (what they send you) into the wireless router correctly. Also, make sure you put a password on that wireless router so that your neighbors or unknown persons do not gain access to your internet/computer.

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To use the computer wireless you need to get a pci wireless card at your local computer store or best buy/ frys.

You don't need a router for the laptop it has a wireless card in it already, buy a router for your home PC and I would buy a linksys with cap 5 network cables and wireless connections so you can use the printer off of the home computer PC. If you have high speed Internet you can request for a router for free with a wireless and cap 5-cable capacity.

for getting wireless u need the following:
a wifi enabled desktop/laptop,if there is no inbuit wifi then u can buy a pcmcia based or a USB based wireless card
a wireless router/access point..an access point is easy to use,a router needs configuration
a good company is linksys,others are Dlink and Netgear
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416939789&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=3978991233B01
WAP54G
Wireless-G Access Point
and
WPC300N
Wireless-N Notebook Adapter var oCIIPrimaryLink = new Object(); oCIIPrimaryLink["imageurl"] = '/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Type&blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3DButton_Image.jpg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1193800396854&ssbinary=true'; oCIIPrimaryLink["alt"] = 'Buy Now'; var oCIIAlternateLink = new Object();
or
WUSB300N
Wireless-N USB Network Adapter are good buying choices(all the products are on the above link)
hope it helps!will be glad to assist u further..regards!

4 steps to set up your home wireless network
1.
Choose your wireless equipment
The first step is to make sure that you have the equipment you need. As you're looking for products in stores or on the Internet, you might notice that you can choose equipment that supports three different wireless networking technologies: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g. We recommend 802.11g, because it offers excellent performance and is compatible with almost everything.
Shopping list
• Broadband Internet connection
• Wireless router
• A computer with built-in wireless networking support or a wireless network adapter

A wireless router
The router converts the signals coming across your Internet connection into a wireless broadcast, sort of like a cordless phone base station. Be sure to get a wireless router, and not a wireless access point.
A wireless network adapter
Network adapters wirelessly connect your computer to your wireless router. If you have a newer computer you may already have wireless capabilities built in. If this is the case, then you will not need a wireless network adapter. If you need to purchase an adapter for a desktop computer, buy a USB wireless network adapter. If you have a laptop, buy a PC card-based network adapter. Make sure that you have one adapter for every computer on your network.
Note: To make setup easy, choose a network adapter made by the same vendor that made your wireless router. For example, if you find a good price on a Linksys router, choose a Linksys network adapter to go with it. To make shopping even easier, buy a bundle, such as those available from D-Link, Netgear, Linksys, Microsoft, and Buffalo. If you have a desktop computer, make sure that you have an available USB port to plug the wireless network adapter into. If you don't have any open USB ports, buy a hub to add additional ports.
2.
Connect your wireless router
Since you'll be temporarily disconnected from the Internet, print these instructions before you go any further.
First, locate your cable modem or DSL modem and unplug it to turn it off.
Next, connect your wireless router to your modem. Your modem should stay connected directly to the Internet. Later, after you've hooked everything up, your computer will wirelessly connect to your router, and the router will send communications through your modem to the Internet.
Next, connect your router to your modem:

Hi Obadiah,

U can take ur laptop to any of the hotspots and u need to turn on the wireless switch in ur laptop so that u can automatically connect to the wireless internet..i think u r aware about hotspots...

If u want to use internet in ur home..u can buy a wireless router..there are lot of companies providing wireless routers..u can buy Linksys..model no is Wrt54g..this wrt54g is a wireless router where u can connect 4 wired desktops and 20 wireless laptops..its cheaper and best.u need to buy a internet connection to connect this router...I suggest u to go for a cable Internet..Cable internet providers are comcast,shah.go for comcast.Hope this info will be useful for u.for further clarifications revert back as soon as possible

Try to disable wireless card on your desktop. With both the wireless and cat-5 socket enabled, "WITHOUT" the proper bridge settings, they will conflict and not be able to read.

Try resetting the modem. It may be the Modem has to re-assign an appropriate ip address to your desktop.