Questions about networking...

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Ok, so I'm fairly new to this, actually, i'm brand new to
this, and i have a couple of questions... Ok, so first
i'll explain what needs to happen, and then maybe
somebody can let me know what can be done to make it
happen... what i want is to have my broadband receiver in
one room with the wireless base (MN-500). I will have a
desktop computer in one room, and two laptops in other
rooms throughout the house. What needs to be done to
make that happen? I have the wireless card for the
laptop, but how do i make the desktop wireless? Do i
HAVE to use USB? Or is there another way?
Another problem... on the laptop which has the
wireless card, when the computer crashed the software
that came with the card was erased, so the card no longer
works on the laptop, and unfortunately when i moved the
software for the wireless card was lost, so I don't know
how to load the software back on to the laptop. Can I
buy the software instalation CD, or is it on the
internet? Or is there another possibility? Any and all
help is very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Kyle