Want to move Computer to another Room

harvey1964

Here goes.
I have a dell computer in the Living room and the kids have a laptop. I have wireless linksys which i assume lets the laptop work. the Desktop computer ( in living Room ) has a wire running from the NTL ( now Virgin Media )Broadband box going to outside of the house somewhere through the wall. I want to move the desktop to another Room still downstairs tho. Is it possible to run the Desktop off the "Wireless" as well ? Can i do it with out getting an engineer from Virgin Media out and is it hard to do ? we did manage to get the Links's Wireless going with help from you guys on here ( it took us a while )
can anyone help me out ? Sorry i am a bit un tecchie bout things like this ....

cledor

You should be able to connect the desktop to the wireless router by using a USB plug-in wireless adapter or by installing a PCI wireless adapter in its expansion slot. It should be easy and would cost less than £15. If in doubt consult the wireless sticky in the techie forum or post here.

harvey1964

Would this be what i am looking for ? i googled it.can anyone help me with a link so i get the correct thing
Thanks




Wireless USB Adapter 802.11g


54Mbps (11g) high speed wireless networking.

This is a tiny USB adapter that plugs into your PC making it wireless networking enabled. You will most likely need this if you have a bought a wireless ADSL or cable modem and wish to connect your PC to the internet or other PCs on the network wirelessly.


Technical data:
Product Name: LM800
Chipset: SiS 163U
Standards: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Frequency Band: 2.4GHz ~ 2.483GHz
Spread Spectrum: IEEE 802.11b : DSSS
IEEE 802.11g OFDM
Modulation Method: IEEE 802.11b : DBPSK/DQPSK/CCK
IEEE 802.11g BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
Data Rate: IEEE 802.11b, 1, 2, 5.5 & 11Mbps
IEEE 802.11g, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 & 54Mbps
Transmitter Power: 17 dBm
Receive Sensitivity Operating at 11Mbps: -80 dBm @ 8% FER
Operating Range: 100 - 400m, depending on environment
Antenna: On board chip antenna
Power Consumption Transmit: < 350mA.
Power Consumption Receive: < 260mA.
Security: 64-bit or 128-bit WEP/WPA/TKIP
I/O Interface: USB 2.0
LED: Green LED indicator
Regulation: FCC part 15B/C for North America, CE for Europe.
Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 55 Celsius
Storage Temperature: -20 ~ 70 Celsius
Humidity: 5 ~ 90% (non-condensing)
Size: 58 (L) x 23(W) x 9(H) mm
Weight: 9g
System Requirements
• Windows 98SE/ME/2000 and Windows XP
• Pentium 233 MHz or higher
• 32 Mb of RAM under 98, 98 SE, Millennium & NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5
• 64 Mb of RAM under Windows 2000 and Windows XP
• 100 Mb of disk space

Features:
• Compatible with IEEE 802.11b (11Mbps data rate)
• Compatible with IEEE 802.11g (54Mbps data rate)
• Dynamic data rate scaling at 6,9,12,18,24,36,48 and 54Mbps for 802.11g.
• Support wireless data encryption with 64/128 WEP for security
• Support infrastructure networks: Access point and ad-hoc network
• Supports WPA enhanced security
• Supports DFS/TPC for European operation
• Friendly user configuration and diagnostic utilities
• High speed USB 2.0 interface

Package Contains:
1x Wireless USB Adapter
1x Driver CD

our price: £9.95
availability: In Stock

wakandem

the one you describe should be suitable.
something like this
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/107691/rb/26427514035 or
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-54USB

IoweIoweitsofftoworkIgo

I bought the Linksys dongle from Staples, I remember it was mis-priced so I was very happy when I came to pay for it, from memory, it was around £10, but priced at around £17.

I already had a Linksys router, and to set up the new dongle with the desktop PC was amazingly simple and it was up & running within minutes.

HTH

cledor

The item you specified in post#3 is fine and reasonably priced. Any wireless USB Dongle which meets 802.11g standards should be OK, see here for some examples.

harvey1964

thanks a lot everyone . i will order one and if i have any problems i will post again.many thanks