Can I use any wireless pci card to get to the wireless router?

[Chobits]

Hello,
my friend's dad just got cable modem and they got a wireless router and a pc card for his laptop. My friend also wants to hook up to the broadband (who wouldn't ) but his father won't let him draw cable all through the house so he also decided to buy a card for his rig.

I was looking through the Hotdeal and I found a USB Wireless card and it is made by USR. Now the router is a D-link....will there be any problems between the two? Must he also have a d-link pci card just to be safe or not? Thanks!

Ja Ne

 

[boyRacer]

should be no problem as long as they're the same standard...

 

[overclockerking]

You should not have any problem as long as they are on the same frequency band. For example, it will not work if one is on a 2.4a ghz. and the other is on a 2.4b ghz.band.

 

[Twilling]

It is strongly recommended you get a wireless D-Link card that uses USB. D-Link has a propriatery "Turbo" feature that only works with D-link cards! If the Turbo feature is enabled no other card except D-Link will be able to connect.

Also if you go to D-Links website and read the message boards D-link wireless routers and non-D-links cards have horrendous connection reliability problems. You may get a connection but it will be every now and then which can be fustrating. Also there a 3 dominant standards, 802.11a (54Mbps), 802.11b (11Mbps), and the newer heavily advertised 802.11g(22Mbps) standard. Make sure your wireless card is the same standard as your Dad's router. The 802.11g is suppose to be backward compatible with 802.11b, but with D-Link Routers I wouldn't use anything but D-Link cards with the exact same standard, trust me, I have learned the hard way from exerience!!!

 

[Mday]

Originally posted by: Twilling
It is strongly recommended you get a wireless D-Link card that uses USB. D-Link has a propriatery "Turbo" feature that only works with D-link cards! If the Turbo feature is enabled no other card except D-Link will be able to connect.

Also if you go to D-Links website and read the message boards D-link wireless routers and non-D-links cards have horrendous connection reliability problems. You may get a connection but it will be every now and then which can be fustrating. Also there a 3 dominant standards, 802.11a (54Mbps), 802.11b (11Mbps), and the newer heavily advertised 802.11g(22Mbps) standard. Make sure your wireless card is the same standard as your Dad's router. The 802.11g is suppose to be backward compatible with 802.11b, but with D-Link Routers I wouldn't use anything but D-Link cards with the exact same standard, trust me, I have learned the hard way from exerience!!!

802.11g has not been ratified. the products out now that proports support do not even work together. the speed for the draft spec is 54Mbps, not 22 Mbps.

802.11a uses 5.8 GHz frequency.
802.11b and g use 2.4 GHz frequency.

the 2x11Mbps that dlink uses doesnt actually double the speed in real life tests. it was a former candidate for 802.11g draft by texas instrument. obviously that did not get adopted. you wont get double the speed, you wont really see any speeds beyond 11Mbps if you use compatible setups. i believe that 3com\USR also makes products that use the texas instrument implementation

as for the wireless

as long as there is not too much blocking the wireless frequency, he can get any adapter. If going PCI, there may be a problem since the antenna is behind computer, which will act a shield blocking the signal. just because he can go wireless doesnt mean that it can work. physical objects such as walls and floors can limit the transmission distance to about 100 feet or less.

i hope you dont have 2.4 GHz phones

 

[snigeronepiece]

Hey,
I am Magomago?s friend. I am thinking about getting a D-link systems AirPlus 2.4GHz wireless desktop card. 802.11b
My current setup is the wireless router is downstairs in my older sister?s room. She is gone right now attending UCB. My room is upstairs right above hers. The router is on top of a wooden filing cabinet so I would say that there is no more than 10-15ft distance between the wireless connector and my PC. Well.. .. .. of course there is a floor in between the two, but I do not think that it would be that much of a problem.
Do u think that I should go with that card or what? Comments, remarks, annotations are all appreciated. Thx boys (and girls if u are out there. I never like to consciously leave out the girls).

Oh and I hope that I do not have a 2.4 GHz phone either

 

[snigeronepiece]

Opps.. .. .. I put said magomago. Sorry I ment to say chobits. My bad. He has multipule names on different posting forms. My bad.

 

[SnowBoarder9455]

Whats the price differance between a D-Link and the URS? If its less than $15 I don't see a reason to deal with the hassle of it possibly not working.

 

[snigeronepiece]

The card costs $59.99 After a ten dollar MIR from BB. Is it worth it?

 

[snigeronepiece]

there is also a d-link wireless desktop card at office depot for 63.99 total...that includes AF and sales tax.
i have a question for all of u out there. are there usb wireless connectors b/c my friend says that he has one and that it works out great for him. he said that it cost him only 30 buck or so....anyone heard of a USB wireless connector???
thx for the comments and keep them comming