Today I recieved an Acer Aspire 4520.
Currently I have a hard-wired router (Cable DSL LINKSYS) and it is connected to two desktop computers in the same room.
What would I need to purchase Wireless adapter/Wireless router/modem wise to be able to access the internet (with the laptop) so that I could roam around the house and use the Internet? Is there any way to connect a wireless router to a hard-wired router and the connection be undisturbed to the laptop?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Most all NB have a wireless card. Check the specs on your router, just may need to setup the wireless security.
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My Aspire Acer 4520 has a wireless internet card in it.
The router however, is not a wireless router.
I want to get a connection on my laptop from the hard-wired router, wirelessly. -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
You have the option of adding a Access Point to the wired router. Connects just like a PC. I use them exclusively, because I do not like combo units.
Or you have to replaced the wired router with a wireless one.
If you go the AP route you have the option of getting it position in a area that gives you the best coverage. With a wireless router you are normally tied down with all of the wires and where the modem is. -
So basically I need to get a wireless router that I can plug into the existing Linxsys router to use it as an access point for the Laptop I currently have?
If this is correct, though I have a Ethernet card/Wireless Network Card, do I need to get a USB adapter thing, so that the signal will reach my laptop?
I think I'm starting to get it now.
Thanks for your help! -
Routers are cheaper than access points (for the most part) and can act just like one, but you have to do some configuration to do so. Such as; disabling DHCP, and plugging a Cat5 wire into the switch port (not the internet port) from the wired router into a switch port on the wireless one, this will also give you 3 extra Ethernet ports to work with.
I am not sure what you are asking with the USB thing, you have integrated wireless in your laptop and you will have a Wireless Router connected to your Wired Router, this is all you need. -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
You do not need any USB adapters. Connecting the wireless to the main router will make it act like a AP. So you can set it up to give you the best coverage.
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