Making my PC wireless

rmg1

Hi all

I'm moving house soon and I don't want cables trailing all over the place between router and PC.
I've been looking at either homeplugs or adding a wireless card to my PC.
This is the spec (it's a self-build):-
Gigabyte GA-H67M-D2 H67 Socket 1155 GB LAN 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard
Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Mid Tower Case
PALIT GTX 460 Green Edition 768MB GDDR5 DVI HDMI VGA Out PCI-E Graphics Card
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English
Intel Core i5 2400 3.1GHz Socket LGA 1155 6MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache
EXDISPLAY Corsair 500W CX PSU - 5x SATA 2x PCI-Express

(I don't know how much of the above is relevant so I've posted the lot).

Can anyone recommend an internal wireless card to go with the above setup or would I be better off with homeplugs?



While I'm here, I've also got a Belkin router (can't remember the model) and I want to use it to extend the wireless signal from the sky router.
Is it possible (I'm assuming it is)?
Is it easy to do?
Has anyone got any idiot-proof instructions please?

Oblivion

My Dell workstation came without wireless because I normally use it wired with a LAN cable to the router nearby.


Recently however I wanted to use it wirelessly and my simple solution was to buy this TP-Link USB Adapter. Works beautifully, saves fiddling about inside the PC and of course it can be added or removed at will.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00858DGZA/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

roddydogs

Plug in dongle from Fleabay, about £4 works fine.

rmg1

I would have preferred something internal (just to keep it out of the way, but if the dongles work, then I'll grab one of those.


Any ideas on the Belkin router?

espresso

rmg1 wrote: »

I would have preferred something internal (just to keep it out of the way, but if the dongles work, then I'll grab one of those.


Any ideas on the Belkin router?

I agree that a PCI wireless card is a much better option for those who are not scared to open the case. e.g. this one here

I'm not sure why you think that you will need to add your Belkin router, especially as it's wireless may not be as good a spec.You can obviously easily add it if necessary but it shouldn't be necessary unless your new property is a mansion.

rmg1

Thanks espresso, do you know if that one is compatible with my current system?

I'm wanting to add the belkin router as an extender/access point as the signal from our current sky router is garbage. All the channels are in use (I used Inssider on OHs netbook to check) so the signal quickly degrades and doesn't go very far. Going from the living room to the kitchen (a distance of about 15 feet) roughly halves the signal strength.