Ok, you read all the interesting things and heard all the great things going on Wireless and is easy on you. But you do not know or care, but it hit you. What was that little voice in your head said, "do" and that was it. Unfortunately, that was some time ago, and this "moment" you have done your part. He did some research into what was needed to upgrade the computer, but it's all just so damn confusing. You always think, because someone does notjust give me some basics, so I feel more comfortable about this whole process of "upgrading".
If the section above describes, and when the typical user PC, it is likely, then it's time to breath, calm your nerves, take a cappuccino and hopefully this article can, because at least some 'understanding of an aspect of the shed to go wireless - network adapter.
Wireless Network Card Desktop
Like most users of the "typical" of the computer, like your computer andYou can sail well enough on the Internet, email, and will probably get pretty good as well use your favorite word processing program, but when it comes to some of the more technical aspects of computers or computers in general goes, you are probably because of closer to a "deer the headlights", as you can get.
Hey, no problem, because you have a source that will hopefully shed light on the wireless network card warehouse stumbled abyss. , The search capabilities are useful to see.
Let me start by saying that when it comes to choosing a wireless card to get there safely ignore all the hoopla, with the exception of the following three factors: capacity, speed and standard. Ok, let's do it and take a look at some details.
Here is a typical specification for wireless network card. This just happens to have a Linksys wireless PCMCIA laptop> Map. Honestly, I can not tell if this card rocks or stinks, I have a simple example with me. And so we want a closer look.
Here's the description from Amazon: 11 Mbps high speed transfer, compatible with IEEE 802.11b (DSSS) 2.4GHz compliant equipment, plug and play allows easy configuration, long range (up to 120 indoor) , advanced power management valuable notebook batteries, rugged metal housing with integratedAntenna, compatible with virtually all major operating systems, works with all popular Internet applications, the automatic load balancing and back-scale, model no. WPC11
As I mentioned earlier, can be ignored most of the specifications. To begin with, "compatible with most major operating systems." This does not mean anything. It 'just fluff to expand the description to appear the best card.
Range
Take a look at where it says "up to 120 internal." This means that themaximum capacity of the WLAN card is 120 meters - yes, if everything was perfect. And by the way, a meter in height is about 39 cm to 3 meters. However, it could in the real world, where nothing is ever perfect interference by thick walls, other sources of energy and the list goes on reducing this number caused by more than 90% - be aware that simple.
Without sufficient bandwidth, the wireless network is not wireless and it is - useless. Theif you do not need wireless next to the computer to connect wirelessly so that they work or if you have multiple computers to keep them all in the same room to connect together. have
As a general rule, unless the walls are drywall or wood product, it is better to buy about four times the force that you think you need. Even in perfect conditions, twice to get what you think you need - just to be safe.
Speed
Takeout of a closer and where the description says Mbps Mbps wireless connection speed - 11 Mbps is about an hour and a half megabytes per second. All the 802.11b wireless cards have a speed of 11 Mbps, while 802.11g operate at 54 Mbps, or almost five times faster. And, of course, the next generation will be even faster.
Of course speed is important for the wireless network because it will directly affect how long youwaiting for a connection, the faster loading pages, speed of data transfer and their entire PC experience is always better when things download faster. Do not know about you, but if something requires more than a few seconds to download, I start getting impatient.
However, since there are currently very few Internet connections with speeds of over 11 Mbps - there's so much need of you, at least for now.
Standard
You probably noticed in the above specifications, the number 802.11followed by a letter b. The b is the standard that correspond to the mobile device. There are currently three standards - a, b and g.
In short, 802.11b and 802.11g compatible, while 802.11a is not compatible with both. Because of incompatibility with the other two standards and why it is an older, less robust standards I would stay away from cards with him.
Between B and G, b is cheaper but slower, while g is more expensive but faster.It 'also worth considering that the addition of a b-speed device on a network that has g-speed devices, is often slow the entire network of b-speeds so that the g devices useless. In essence, the network operates at a speed of its weakest link.
If the wireless device does not meet the standards of law, is not doing too well. I often see people uninformed bids for those items used vehicles on eBay, not knowing thatwill be painfully slow and can not communicate with other devices, could have worked. Always check what wireless standard is used, and if you do not buy the 802, 11 letter, not you!
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