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Home networking - should I buy a wireless card or a USB adapter?
I've been setting up a wireless network at my home and I've run into a problem. The "main" computer (the one that's hooked up to the modem - a SpeedStream 6520, if it matters) works fine, as does my laptop.
Our second desktop doesn't have a wireless card and I'm trying to figure out what to buy. It's a pretty old computer (ca. 2000). I'm looking at these two options: for the card, the D-Link WDA-1320 Wireless G Desktop Adapter. For the USB, I'm thinking the D-Link DBT-122 Wireless Bluetooth 1.2 USB Adapter. The USB is about $20 cheaper, and obviously way easier to install. I'm not a computer expert, so I don't really like the idea of installing the card.
The problem is, my ISP's tech support department told me not to buy the USB adapter because I "don't need another router." I 'm pretty sure they misunderstood what I meant, and I feel like the USB is the best choice, regardless. But before I do something to mess up my computer, I'm asking you all: What should I do?
Don't get the bluetooth one. You need to use wifi and bluetooth and wifi are entirely different technologies. You can get the internal (the WDA-1320) but I'd go with a usb adapter(but NOT the bluetooth one you're looking at.)
This is the one I'm using and I'm happy with it:
http://www.beachaudio.com/Linksys/Wusb54gc-p-77483.html?utm_campaign=froogle&utm_content=AD_ID&utm_term=77483&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=froogle>KW=wusb54gc&GCID=C12585x003
I've used this one to and it works pretty good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124158
These both are wifi (802.11g/b) adapters.
Hopefully you also have a router to send off the wireless signal from your modem. If you don't this is a very popular one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190
It will connect directly to your dsl modem and will have an ethernet cable that will go from it to your first computer. The second computer will access it and the internet wirelessly.
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