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What are good wireless cards and how do they work
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Grimwinder
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Barty1884
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How they work gets real technical, and is above my explanation ability.
As far as what to order, there's various options available as far as which interface is used. There are PCIe cards, PCI cards & PCImini, as well as the more simplistic USB.
USB are simpler to deal with, PCIe cards either have a fixed antenna that sticks out the back, or you screw in the wires for the antenna and place it somewhere in the best range.
USB wifi adapters tend to be the simplest. They plug & play in some cases, some you need to install the driver from a disk.
USB versions come in various sizes, and various Wifi frequency (a/b/g/n/ac). AC is required to access 5G (which will depend on the router being used, quite a lot only support 2.4G
currently.
The more frequencies, the higher the price. A good ac capable adapter is around $40-50 at the moment (this is the cheapest I can see supporting 1+GB speeds http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315123&cm_re=usb_wifi-_-33-315-132-_-Product) Doesn't have the best reviews though.
As far as what to order, there's various options available as far as which interface is used. There are PCIe cards, PCI cards & PCImini, as well as the more simplistic USB.
USB are simpler to deal with, PCIe cards either have a fixed antenna that sticks out the back, or you screw in the wires for the antenna and place it somewhere in the best range.
USB wifi adapters tend to be the simplest. They plug & play in some cases, some you need to install the driver from a disk.
USB versions come in various sizes, and various Wifi frequency (a/b/g/n/ac). AC is required to access 5G (which will depend on the router being used, quite a lot only support 2.4G
currently.The more frequencies, the higher the price. A good ac capable adapter is around $40-50 at the moment (this is the cheapest I can see supporting 1+GB speeds http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315123&cm_re=usb_wifi-_-33-315-132-_-Product) Doesn't have the best reviews though.
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Layman how-it-works: Somewhere on your LAN, you need to insert a WIFI Access Point, this is your "cell tower" then your PC needs to be fitted with a WIFI adapter, this is your radio to accept the reception. The only thing you should want to do after unboxing them and hook them up is to configure a password so no nosy neighbor can get in. That's it. about ~usd$100 expense if you are not picky.
Barty1884 :
How they work gets real technical, and is above my explanation ability.
As far as what to order, there's various options available as far as which interface is used. There are PCIe cards, PCI cards & PCImini, as well as the more simplistic USB.
USB are simpler to deal with, PCIe cards either have a fixed antenna that sticks out the back, or you screw in the wires for the antenna and place it somewhere in the best range.
USB wifi adapters tend to be the simplest. They plug & play in some cases, some you need to install the driver from a disk.
USB versions come in various sizes, and various Wifi frequency (a/b/g/n/ac). AC is required to access 5G (which will depend on the router being used, quite a lot only support 2.4G currently.
The more frequencies, the higher the price. A good ac capable adapter is around $40-50 at the moment (this is the cheapest I can see supporting 1+GB speeds http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315123&cm_re=usb_wifi-_-33-315-132-_-Product) Doesn't have the best reviews though.
As far as what to order, there's various options available as far as which interface is used. There are PCIe cards, PCI cards & PCImini, as well as the more simplistic USB.
USB are simpler to deal with, PCIe cards either have a fixed antenna that sticks out the back, or you screw in the wires for the antenna and place it somewhere in the best range.
USB wifi adapters tend to be the simplest. They plug & play in some cases, some you need to install the driver from a disk.
USB versions come in various sizes, and various Wifi frequency (a/b/g/n/ac). AC is required to access 5G (which will depend on the router being used, quite a lot only support 2.4G
currently.The more frequencies, the higher the price. A good ac capable adapter is around $40-50 at the moment (this is the cheapest I can see supporting 1+GB speeds http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315123&cm_re=usb_wifi-_-33-315-132-_-Product) Doesn't have the best reviews though.
this is my router http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-AC1900-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00F0DD0I6/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1449174432&sr=1-1&keywords=netgear+nighthawk , which kind of usb should i get for it, thanks.
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This one quotes speeds compatible with your router, has generally favourable reviews.......but doesn't sound like it's had a driver update for Windows 10? http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127466&cm_re=USB_wifi_ac-_-33-127-466-_-Product
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The newest protocols for wireless are 802.11AC. If you look up Wireless AC cards you should be able to find on for a PCI slot on your MOBO.
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