can i use any wireless card?

Question

Im moving into my new place and my roommates dad got a verizon wireless router hooked up to the cable internet. So do i need a verzion wireless card in my computer or can i use any other wireless card. I say this cus we have a d-link wireless router at home and there is an extra wireless card that came with it and i wanna know if i can use it...

ski_banff · Answer

i think the router is a linksys one. i know laptops need a wireless card but mine is a desktop. does it still need a wireless card? im guessing it does. And where do i put the wireless card? does it go into one of the slots in the back where all the cables go in? Cus there was one free slot wehre there was just a metal peice but i put a firewire hookup there...

NemesisDB · Answer

more than likely the card will work fine ... the vasy majority of commercial products use the 802.11b standard

NemesisDB · Answer

if it's near the router you can wire it in with ethernet cable (assuming the desktop has an ethernet card).  if it's not near the router then it will need to be a wireless adapter of some type (USB2 or pci)

jmwills · Answer

Any combination of equipment will work, regardless of brand.  The only issue is if you run into problems using a different card than router, one company will point to the other as the problem.

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can i use any wireless card?

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