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IronSooner
8/17/2007, 11:40 AM
Any suggestions?

sooner_born_1960
8/17/2007, 11:42 AM
Buy one?

King Crimson
8/17/2007, 11:43 AM
i'd get a good one that's not too expensive.

Turd_Ferguson
8/17/2007, 11:46 AM
Buy the cheap one, then I'll let you know how to turn the speed up. Ya gotta have a mini-screwdriver set though.

OCUDad
8/17/2007, 11:47 AM
USB or PCMCIA or PC-Express?

Netgear makes all of the above.

sooner_born_1960
8/17/2007, 11:51 AM
Look at you. Being all helpful and whatnot.

OCUDad
8/17/2007, 11:52 AM
Apologies.

Just get a couple of tin cans and some string. Tie one can to your PC and the other to the Internet.

IronSooner
8/17/2007, 12:07 PM
Apologies.

Just get a couple of tin cans and some string. Tie one can to your PC and the other to the Internet.

Does the tin can have to be the same diameter as the internet tube?

Widescreen
8/17/2007, 12:07 PM
Apologies.

Just get a couple of tin cans and some string. Tie one can to your PC and the other to the Internet.
He said "wireless" ya dumb hillbilly.

OCUDad
8/17/2007, 12:44 PM
Back off. A string is not a wire.

yermom
8/17/2007, 12:57 PM
i'd go USB, personally, i like Linksys

and i hope you are talking Windows...

soonerboomer93
8/17/2007, 06:18 PM
Linksys

USB if you don't want to install it internally

StoopTroup
8/17/2007, 06:35 PM
I tried linksys.

I couldn't get any of it to work.

Turd_Ferguson
8/17/2007, 07:10 PM
Remove the 5.25 floppy drive before doing the internal install.

OCUDad
8/17/2007, 07:42 PM
Linksys sucks. Netgear is the way to go. YWIA.

Newbomb Turk
8/17/2007, 07:49 PM
Linksys sucks. Netgear is the way to go. YWIA.

that's what the nerd at Office Depot told me.

OCUDad
8/17/2007, 08:10 PM
...Oh, that was YOU?

Newbomb Turk
8/17/2007, 08:12 PM
...Oh, that was YOU?

I den't know you were about 22 years old.

soonerboomer93
8/17/2007, 08:30 PM
netgear?

i've never had problems with linksys equipment

netgear is trash

sanantoniosooner
8/17/2007, 08:34 PM
I learned a long time ago that no matter which brand you pick 80% of the people have good luck with it and 20% hate it.

I'm a linksys fan myself.

OCUDad
8/17/2007, 08:41 PM
Linksys?

I've never had problems with Netgear equipment

Linksys is trash.

(proving sas's point)

bluedogok
8/17/2007, 09:02 PM
Linksys sucks. Netgear is the way to go. YWIA.
I used to use Netgear until I had 2 NIC's and a wireless router fail. Now I use Linksys and haven't had any problems.

soonerboomer93
8/17/2007, 09:26 PM
Linksys is owned by Cisco...

HskrGrl
8/17/2007, 11:55 PM
Linksys N wireless card for a laptop that we are probably going to sell. I guess that doesn't help you much though huh. Sorry.