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How to Put Wireless Internet on a Desktop

All portable-electronic devices that use an Internet connection, such as laptops and smart phones, have built in wireless capabilities. However, because desktops are generally used in a stationary manner, some of them are still designed to be plugged directly in to the internet source. If your desktop doesn't have wireless capability, you can add it by installing peripheral wireless hardware. There are three options available to use wireless on your desktop.

USB wireless adapter
PCI interface wireless network adapter
wireless access point
Ethernet cable

Instructions

- 1
  Use a USB wireless adapter. This is the easiest and quickest method to enabling wireless capabilities on your desktop. Plug the USB adapter in to any USB port on your computer, and follow the installation instructions that pop-up on your screen or insert the installation CD (if any) that came with the device.
- 2
  Install a PCI interface wireless network adapter. To install this type of adapter, first shutdown the computer and open the computer case. Then, plug the card into an open PCI slot on the motherboard. Replace the case and start the computer. Follow the installation instructions that pop-up on your screen or insert the installation CD if one came with the card.
- 3
  Set up a wireless access point (WAP). Connect a wireless router to your computer using an Ethernet cable, then setup the internet protocol address, username and passwords from your network properties menu.

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