Wireless Network Cards For Your Laptop
A few years back, having to set up a large computer network required a lot of work, a ton of cables and a lot of running between computers to configure and to install the networking equipment. If anything happened to the wired network, the network administrator had to verify manually which network adapter did not work or to verify in a very hard way where the networking cable has a problem. Most of these issues are avoided with the use of wireless networks. Wireless network adapters are easier to install, to configure and they eliminate the necessity of cables. The corporate sector was the first to adopt wireless networks, but private people have also seen the advantages the wireless technologies offer and installed wireless networks in their homes. However, not only businesses and private people use wireless networks. Public institutions are also offering free wireless spots in which you can access freely the Internet (restaurants, hotels, bars, university and high school buildings are such places offering Wi-Fi spots). University campuses are almost entirely covered by wireless networks so if you are a student you can fully take advantage of the wireless facilities. Most modern portable equipment includes wireless network adapters so you can just power on the notebook and connect to an existing wireless network immediately. More and more PDAs and mobile phones also include wireless capabilities. However, what if you have an older laptop that does not have a wireless network adapter included? In this case, you can acquire an external wireless network card for your laptop. Recently many Dell notebook systems have some great wireless adapters integrated, and if they do not satisfy your requirements you can simply go for those connected on USB (or even Bluetooth in some cases - take a look at those Verizon devices) There are many wireless cards for laptops available on the market so you should know some basic information about the most used wireless network cards for laptops before making up your mind. Linksys is one of the most important network equipment manufacturers in the world and its WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter is one of the fastest available models. It is compatible with all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system and it comes with one-year warranty. It offers a maximum speed of 54Mbs, making the device compatible with the 802.11b and 802.11g wireless standards. The included software package has everything you need to set up and configure the Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter. Proxim is another known manufacturer of networking equipment and its Orinoco 11 a/b/g ComboCard Gold is its most sold model. It is considered a very fast wireless network card for laptops and it has one main advantage over its competitors, as it comes with a three-year warranty period. It has a maximum range of 200ft in the Orinoco 11 a/b/g ComboCard Gold wireless network card for laptops operates in the fastest mode, 802.11g. All of the above wireless network cards are meant for the PC and you may think that Mac users are somewhat left apart. In their aid comes the Airport Extreme Card that allows Mac users to connect to wireless networks using the latest standards, the 802.11b and the 802.11g. |
