jcarr492 Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 target weekly ad has the linksys wireless or the router for 49.99..which would i get, one or both? i have the emachines from last years bf and got the toshiba laptop this past bf and want to be able to use my laptop in the home when we move, in any room. but don't know if these are a good buy and if so, which would I need for dsl when we have that set up next month??? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest koby Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I bought the Linksys 54G at BB this week for $49.99 and had the choice of 10% off or a $20 giftcard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuyi64 Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 target weekly ad has the linksys wireless or the router for 49.99..which would i get, one or both? thanks.They're two totally different items in the target ad. One is a USB wireless adapter: You would need this only if your laptop or desktop doesn't already have a wireless card. The other item in the ad is the wireless router itself: You definitely need this one to connect your computers wirelessly to your network, even if they have built-in wireless cards. Whether you need one or both depends on what you currently have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjunea Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 With us, we connected the router to our desktop, so it didn't need a wireless card. For my laptop, I got a wireless card through my school for $16.00, which does great. We didn't get a wireless card for the desktop computer, since the router was put there. Hubby's computer has a wireless card in it, but he just uses the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarr492 Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 okay, so i'll need the wireless router itself for the desktop. will I need the wireless card for the toshiba from bb on bf??? or is there one already installed in it. its still in the box at mil's for when we move, so I don't have it in front of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjegbert Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 If it's a new lap top it almost certainly came with a wireless card. The specs should say something like "802.11b/g WLAN." That's what is in the Compaq we just bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyscaper Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The $250 Toshiba from BB on bf definitely has the wireless g built in so you won't need the wireless adapter, just the router. I got one for my teenage daughter and she's rarely left her room since receiving it on Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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