Is wireless lan card a requirement for that? should a laptop have wireless lan capability in it to use internet?
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You have a wireless card in the ccomputer and it is set to a wireless router which is hooked up to the modem and the phone lines or cable lines
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Well, you should be able to get into your router's setup from one of your PCs (methods for this vary, consult the router's  manual) and disable *just* the wireless network. Anyone physically plugged into the router would still be able to get online, so if the laptop is the only thing connecting wirelessly, that would work.
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you should be fine with that kind of signal... make sure the laptop network settings is set to dhcp, also make sure you do not have an access control list setup on the wireless (like only certain MAC addresses can connect)\nIt does not have to be matching equipment though it usually works better that way. And when trying to boost the signal you normally put an amplifier on the access point and a higher gain antenna on the wireless card
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Nothing. Nowaday, new laptops all have wireless built-in. So you need not do anything to your laptop. \n\nYou will need to get a wireless router to be setup after your modem. Get the more popular brand like D0Link or Linksys as they follows the industrial standard.
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from the equipment you have described you will not be able to make this network viable. First you dont want to include your internet connect as part of a vlan, second you need a router, using the router will allows you to trunck the vlans and router information to and from the internet.
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no, you need a wifi Access point, ie. a wifi router. \ngo to http://www.tigerdirect.com/
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you firstly need a wireless card and router. most new laptops come pre-installed with a wireless card. so all you should have to do is buy a router. any electronics store and even wal-mart carry a large variety of routers. I personally use a microsoft router and have used it for quite some time and it have worked perfectly.
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Just buy a wireless router with a built in Ethernet switch & do away with the other router.\nOf course you will need to have a wireless card for your laptop if you don't already.
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Wireless Networks\nWhat I know\n\nBegin with the high speed DSL or cable service.  As far as I know, wireless networks would need one of these, although it is not certain that a simple wireless network needs a dedicated line; it might work with a dial-up but configuring the wireless router might be impossible since it seems to depend of internet access to do so.\nAssuming broadband is available, the next step would be to install a wireless router, such as a Linksys WRT54G, a device capable of speeds up to 54 Mbs.  The device itself has an internet-like address of 192.168.1.1 and each device attached to or accessing it has an address which converts the last digit to the form 100 or 101 and so forth.  Thus, a laptop with a wireless card might be address 192.168.1.101.     One can access and configure a Linksys router by entering the address 192.168.1.1 into a web browser and is immediately presented the configuration screen. The person doing the configuration change must have the user name and password originally entered at the time the device was installed, assuming the person installing it changed the default factory user name and password.  The Linksys router is installed by first attaching your main computer to the DSL or cable modem, then using the supplied software on the CD accompanying the router, following the steps as directed on the installation CD.  It directs you to attach an Ethernet cable from your computer to the modem, either DSL or cable, then arranging the wires from wall outlet or TV cable to the modem, then from the modem to the router, plugging cables into the jacks as shown.  If one follows this set of instructions, internet access is immediately available through the router.\nA simple wireless network need not be entirely wireless. One or more computers can be wired to the router, usually up to a limit of four, plus other wireless devices.  The Linksys routers are limited to 253 devices and defaulted to 50 total devices, but realistically it is not likely anyone would attach that many to a network.  My original configuration had the desktop wired to the router via Cat 5 ethernet cable and the laptop using a wireless card.  Later I installed a Netgear  USB adapter to the desktop and converted it to wireless.  The advantage of attaching the “main” computer by cable is that the speed is much faster, around 100 Mbs compared to 54 using wireless, although Netgear makes a wireless router capable of 100 Mbs.This higher speed would be an advantage when two devices on the network are exchanging files or accessing a shared printer.\nHaving installed the router, the next step is installing or inserting a wireless adapter in each computer.  This usually implies installing drivers and/or utilities supplied with the device on a CD.  If the main computer is wired to the router, it is only necessary to attach the Cat 5 cable from the back of the computer to one of the available ports on the router.  The computer must have an Ethernet (RJ45) port built in or a network card installed to do this.  At this point, no network exists, but internet access at each computer, wireless or wired,  normally comes on automatically with little trouble by the user.\nNow for setting up a true network.  Assuming each computer is running Windows XP, the next step is allowing Windows to create the network.   On each computer it is necessary to go to the Control Panel and select Network Connections, then select Network Setup Wizard. Windows will construct the network using the names of the computers involved and the name of the network which you gave the wireless router.  Simply follow the windows presented making sure you know the name you have given to that computer and the name you gave the network when you installed the router.   Where are the names to be found?  The computer name is located internally and is accessed by going to the Control Panel and selecting System.  A tab is labeled Computer Name and it also has the workgroup name
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You need a wireless network card for your PC.
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You need an access point ,for example i got a dell inspiron E1505 with a wireless card and i bought from verizon a card to access internet from anywhere!
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If you are just looking for 802.11b you should be able to get one pretty cheap.  If you want to put a new wireless card in your laptop later that is capabable of 802.11g, then you may want to get a router with both b/g compatibility.  You'll also want to see what type of encryption it has like WEP, WPA, etc.  You'll will want secure your wireless connection with the highest level of encryption possible.  Also, don't forget to change the default password for the router.
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here are some: PC's, internet conection, small network... do you want to provide wireless service for customers that have their own laptops?? are u gonna serve food, drinks?? r u gonna charge for usage time? may need some software to check that...
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Usually, network cards are plug and play (for windows XP at least) ,  so you probably do not need to download any thing.
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You need not buy wireless card to your laptop. Your laptop comes with wireless card. So you just buy wireless router and then connect it to your laptop. You can also connect your desktop through this router. Normally it will have wired ports.
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get a wireless-g pci adapter for your computer. or a wireless card for your laptop
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So let me get this straight you ahve one maik desktop? a laptop and than another desktop ? and you want the desktop to use your internet connection? first offthey make wirless cards for any computer. it can be a usb wireless card or an internal one that you can install. try www.bestbuy.com call and describe to them exactly what you want to do.