Creating a wireless network

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hello
im thinking of creating a wireless network. I have a desktop computer, a laptop and a cable internet connection,printer.
In terms of equipment would i just need a pc card for the laptop and a cabled/wireless/ internet router. Im only having the laptop on the wirelesss network.I have seen wireless access points around. Do i need one even for just a single wireless connection such as this?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hello Hugh. My LAN uses a 4-port wired/wireless router connected to a cable
modem. There are 3 desktop computers connected to the router from the
desktop installed NICs using straight-through CAT5 RJ45 cable. Then I have a
laptop that makes contact with the wireless router with a wireless card
installed in the laptop. My printer is connected directly to the router,
which includes a print server port, but it could have been connected
directly to one of the PCs and shared.

So I suggest you not buy an access point, but instead install a wireless
card in your laptop and go with the wired/wireless router.

"Hugh" <morto1500@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> hello
> im thinking of creating a wireless network. I have a desktop computer, a
laptop and a cable internet connection,printer.
> In terms of equipment would i just need a pc card for the laptop and a
cabled/wireless/ internet router. Im only having the laptop on the wirelesss
network.I have seen wireless access points around. Do i need one even for
just a single wireless connection such as this?