IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR NOTEBOOK IS WI-FI READY FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS TO DETERMINE IF YOU'RE READY TO ENJOY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY OR IF YOUR SYSTEMS NEED SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO SURF WITHOUT REINSTRUCTIONS. >> WELL, YOU NEED A WIRELESS ADAPTER IN YOUR NOTEBOOK OR DESKTOP.
SO HOW DO YOU TELL IF YOU HAVE IT? THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. NUMBER ONE IS IF IT'S -- THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF NOTEBOOK ADAPTERS, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL. IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE ,OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE A PC CARD THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THAT WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY.
YOU WANT TO KNOW IF IT INCLUDES INTERNAL CONNECTIVITY. TYPICALLY, I WOULD LOOK FOR A WINDOW'S ICON THAT MIGHT HAVE THE WINDOW'S WIRELESS LOGO ON THERE, AND THEN BEYOND THAT, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOGO LOOKS LIKE, THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO GO TO YOUR NETWORK CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS PART OF YOUR CONTROL PANEL, AND IF YOU GO INTO THAT AND CLICK ON "NETWORK CONNECTIONS," YOU'LL SEE A CONNECTION CALLED WIRELESS NETWORK. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THESE INTERNAL CARDS.
TO GET YOUR COMPUTER WIRELESS READY YOU JUST SIMPLY NEED TO PURCHASE ONE OF THOSE. SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IN THAT REGARD ARE IF IT'S INTERNAL WHAT KIND OF ACTUAL FORM FACTOR YOU NEED.
IF YOU WERE TO GET ONE OF THOSE VERY SMALL WIRELESS CARDS, IT WOULDN'T BE COMPATIBLE WITH A NOTEBOOK THAT REQUIRES THAT BIGGER CARD.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSULT WITH YOUR VENDOR, WHATEVER NOTEBOOK YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY COMPATIBLE FORM FACTOR YOU NEED FOR THAT INTERNAL WIRELESS.
ASIDE FROM THAT, GOING BACK MANY YEARS, YOU DO HAVE THE USB CONNECTIVITY, ALL YOUR MAJOR WIRELESS VENDORS OUT THERE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A USB KEY TYPE OF WI-FI ADAPTER THAT MAKES IT VERY SIMPLE TO GET IT CONNECTED TO YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK WITH AN EXTERNAL ADAPTER.
