refurbished laptop did not come with a network interface card
what does that mean? i cant connect to the wireless internet??
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NIC is usually a term for wired ethernet.
What laptop is it? i havent seen a laptop without an ethernet port. -
A NIC card is a ethernet port. and if it doesn't, you have a really super old computer.
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Any device which connects to any network is a NIC, it's just a generic term, regardless of higher and lower level protocols. 10BaseT 10Base2 wireless, etc. the only difference is a modem, because it MOdulates/DEModulates... If you don't have a NIC you can buy a PCMCIA Card, or a USB adapter. I would be surprised if you don't have PCMCIA or USB.
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As stated above to be successful with an older notebook it will nee a PCMCIA or USB port. If you are lucky it will be USB as you and get a wireless card for USB really cheap on sale. Hope you are running at least Win XP.
noob question
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by A1992, Dec 24, 2010.