Help....wireless or not?

mark_steps

In my flat just now i have virgin broadband and there wireless router (cable modem connects to tit and a lead from this to pc)so not only can i stream music etc to xbox but i can use the laptop in other rooms on the net.

Im moving out and in with someone else to flat share who has sky broadband. They have the sky hub??in the hall and they connect wirelessly to it on the laptop.

My question is how do i get access to the internet from my pc as its not wireless. Can i use the wireless router and plug in and search for the hub??Its a dlink router...

corbyboy

No, you need to get a wireless adapter for your PC. Either an internal one with a little aerial out the back or a USB one.

Should not cost more than about £20.

mark_steps

Aww thanks for that Just get a USB i guess.. What do i need to look for when choosing one? Any recomendations?

diable

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arriva

get one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-WN350G-54-MBPS-WIRELESS-PCI-CARD-ADAPTOR-/190472245063?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item2c5907cf47

or if you are not confident opening your computer a usb like here will work no problem:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TP-Link-54Mbps-USB-2-0-Wireless-G-802-11g-WIFI-Adaptor-/260581918083?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item3cabe48583

got both of them on two of my systems and they work better than the "branded" counterpart.

westy85

arriva wrote: »

get one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-WN350G-54-MBPS-WIRELESS-PCI-CARD-ADAPTOR-/190472245063?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item2c5907cf47

or if you are not confident opening your computer a usb like here will work no problem:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TP-Link-54Mbps-USB-2-0-Wireless-G-802-11g-WIFI-Adaptor-/260581918083?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item3cabe48583

got both of them on two of my systems and they work better than the "branded" counterpart.

arriva has listed a good PCI wireless adapter there, although if you are gaming on your PC you may want one with a higher Mbps rating.

Check out what the maximum Mbps the Sky hub is capable of, if it's higher than 54 I'd buy a card that matches this as it will make your connection quicker.

mark_steps

How do i find out what the maximum Mbps the Sky hub is capable of?

Gaming on pc? na just for movies really and internet browsing

debitcardmayhem

mark_steps wrote: »

How do i find out what the maximum Mbps the Sky hub is capable of?

Gaming on pc? na just for movies really and internet browsing

Enter the phone number of the house into something like BT Broadband checker or get he/she to run speedtest from http://www.speedtest.net/ and see what it is capable of. Also ask he/she what there package says AFAIK sky offers lots of speeds (depending of how much you pay)

mark_steps

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9255155.htm

Would that do the job? reason i chose this is it can reach up to 300 on transfer speed (whatever that means)

PS just ran speedtest for myself. How do i know the maximum speed? Results vary surely? i just got: 9.81 for download and 0.48 for upload. ping was 55...

lucylucky

^^^That would work

mark_steps

And thats all i need yeah? This, when in the usb port, would pick up the bt hub and walla im on tinternet luv?