ethernet to wireless

[chrisweaving]

Hi guys n gals, thanks in advance for your help.....

I spend all my spare time online and recently noticed that when i watch videos on youtube i was having difficulties watching HD.

I didnt look to much into it untill today when i purchased a nice laptop for my son for christmas, using wireless there is no problem watching HD videos on youtube through my sky netgear router.

This made me think, so i pulled up the carpet and where my ethernet cable for my desktop crosses my busy kitchen door entrance the cable is trashed...

So i need to go wireless for my desktop, replacing the cable is not an option as i would have to remove skirting boards to lift laminate flooring etc etc....

So my question is, what do i need to purchase to make my desk top acer pc wireless??? All i know is laptops have built in wireless, but my desktop hasnt.

Please advise me

[gmiles]

...what do i need to purchase to make my desk top acer pc wireless??? All i know is laptops have built in wireless, but my desktop hasnt.

Please advise me

 

You can get a simple Wireless USB adapter dongle: Here's the listing of such adapters on Amazon: ADAPTERS

 

You could also get this capability in an expansion card, which would be inserted into one of your PCI expansion slots on your motherboard. In either case, I've had better performance with those adapters that use antennas. Here is a good article on selecting an adapter: ADAPTERS

 

Just remember, single strength/performance is based on a number of things, such as distance from the wireless router, the type of router, the compatibility of the wireless adapter and your computer hardware and OS.

[chrisweaving]

Thanks for your help gmiles

[gmiles]

Thanks for your help gmiles

 

Sure thing.

 

I noticed the links were formatted wrong...here they are again:

 

ADAPTERS

 

article: Wireless Adapters