What is the best wireless card to get for an Linux distro?
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Belkin cards will work great. Ndiswrapper is ok, but not that great. There is a much better software package called MadWifi. Works well as long as you follow their directions carefully.\n\nTheir website is located at: http://www.madwifi.org\n\nIf you need further help, feel free to contact me.
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54mb is kind of standard and normally any kind will work. by the way, wireless connection may let you feel slow even it claims 54m.
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You have several options.  You may not need to use PC Card and decide to go with a USB solution.  In either case you will want at least an 802.11g card.  That is pretty much the de facto standard these days.  You can get a 802.11g"+" cards that promise to double the standard transfer rate of 54 mbps but it also requires that you upgrade your equipment to be able to use this extra speed.  For compatibility purposes you may want to skip this option and not pay extra for this.\n\nDo not buy a 802.11b card, as it is almost obsolete at this point, and depending on your needs you might want to opt for a MIMO WiFi card that integrate latest antennae technology to improve your speed and you range.  This of course comes at a price, and this also means that you will need to buy an MIMO capable router.\n\nYou should expect to pay around $40 dollars for a standard 802.11g card and upwards of $80 for a MIMO card.  Along with this you will also need to buy a WiFi router which will cost upto $100 dollars depending on the features you want.\n\nMost manufacturer ofter rebates so you may want to keep your eyes open for mail in rebates that will sweeten the deal.\n\nFYI 802.11n (the next generation of WiFi) standard was approved and all major wifi chipset manufacturers have announced products based on this new standard.\n\nAs for installation procedure, you should follow the manual that comes with the product step by step.  Avoid using an unknown brand name equipment for this reason.  Support and installation instructions will be sparse.
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get a rotour.\nand for your laptop get a wireless router.
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A Secure Linux router distro with bandwidth control.\n\nfree and better than even cisco.\n\nAlso, get Shaw Extreme cable ( 800mbs )
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any kind of wireless card that will be compatible with your operating system. first find out what is your system configuration. \nthen check out computer stores online/offline and check for wireless cards that are compatible with your configuration.
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Look for an antenna sticking out of the back of it.  That's usually a suspect sign of a wireless card...\n\n...but if you want the long way, go to:\n\nStart -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware Tab -> Device Manager button\n\nand look for anything that says "wireless".
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It is.\n\nYou can get a decent router for under $50, and when there's a sale, you can easily find wireless cards (PCI) for under $40.
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http://support.dlink.com/downloads/\n\nPut in your card information and it will have the downloads.  Download the drivers and install them and then the wireless card will work and find any wireless networks.
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WiFi or a Cellular Card
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You need to have what they call a wireless capable Network card. With the wireless capable card and the software that goes with it, you can have the Wireless Internet access.\n\nYou need to find out which model of Wireless card you have. You can refer to the manual or call the laptop company to find out what model of card you have. You can go from there.\n\nHope this answer was helpful and please leave me a feedback.\nThanks,\n\nGuru
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Go to buy.com and you get a wireless card and a router for 150 to 200 buck. \n\nBuy it there and call your local Techie and see how much to install one if you do not know how.\n\nIt would not cost much to get installed.\n\nDB
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I'd Say, because Laptop is a Portable thing, i'd say but a wireless card. A wireless PCI Card ranges From $4.99 ~ 64.00. Or you can buy A USB adapter, same range of price, but i wont recomment, because you dont have my USB ports in Laptops.\nIf you've it. Plug it in., Install the driver.\nAlso you need a Wireless Router which ranges from $2.99 ~70.00 , read the router's maual and then you are ready to go. You can also create wirless networks too!
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Right-click on "My Computer", and select "Properties". Go to the "Hardware" tab and select "Device Manager". Expand "Network" there and it will show all network devices installed. Look for a wireless network card.
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it depends on what type of internet connection you want. dial-up, broadband or wireless. For dial-up you need an analog modem, for broadband a LAN network card and for wireless a WLAN card 54Mbit (802.11g) or 11Mbit (802.11b).\nWhile dial-up and LAN cards are available as (E)ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) and PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) the WLAN cards are only available as PCI. In case you want a wireless card, check if W95 will support it (i think W95 don't support it, with W98 it's no problem). One important thing to consider - Computers of that age have a PCI 2.0 compliant bus, but newer PCI cards are either 2.1 or 2.2 compliant and there is no backward compatibility.\nNow assure what type of slots are free and then you can decide what type of connection you can/will install.
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Buy a wireless network card (if your laptop doesnt already have one).  You can buy these as USB attachments or PCMCIA cards.\n\nThen you need a wireless network to connect to. I recommend the Linksys 54g Wireless Router.  If you have another source for a wireless connection, this is not required.
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If the wireless card is internal, your stuck, unless the manufacturer has a provision for an external antnna. If your using a PCMICIA wireless card, choose a new card like the Proxim, or Seano. Theses cards have a provision for an external antenna. Additionaly, to a certain extent everything has to be equal, i.e., if the Router has a 'huge' antenna-It makes no difference. The Laptop can 'here' it, but can't talk back.