(+12 rep) Wireless Card?

Hiya.

Basically I have been connecting to my wireless internet using a netgear USB dongle. However, at uni I seem to be the only one doing this! rofl

I know a lot of laptops, like macs, have built-in wifi and stuff, but I only bought this computer like a month ago!

With my old laptop I used a netgear PCMIA/Wireless card but it was quite big and sorta... stuck out the side of my laptop!

So basically is there something I am missing out on here?! lol Is there a discreet way to connect wirelessly that everyone but me seems to be doing, as I haven't seen anyone elses laptops with USB dongles or sticky-out wireless cards!

Ta, Al.

A wireless card like this that you can slot into your laptop (well, you can on mine :P)

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45097

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Originally Posted by Blue

A wireless card like this that you can slot into your laptop (well, you can on mine :P)

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45097

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Thats a PCIMA card.. one of the things he said he didn't wnat



and the short story is that there isn't anything you can do to make it more descreet.. ether usb or pcima although it may seem mean... all their cards are internal

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Originally Posted by Lycan

Thats a PCIMA card.. one of the things he said he didn't wnat



and the short story is that there isn't anything you can do to make it more descreet.. ether usb or pcima although it may seem mean... all their cards are internal

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Rofl come on... surely out of like a good 100 people using laptops I am not the only one with the usb dongle lol!

Rofl maybe I do have an internal one?! Is there any way to find out lmao...

I don't think you can buy a laptop these days without one built in. What brand is it?

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Originally Posted by N!ck

I don't think you can buy a laptop these days without one built in. What brand is it?

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It's a Toshiba!

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/pro.../specification

I think it's that!

Well if you actually took time to read the specs.. It says..

Built-in wireless networking Yes - 802.11b/g

So you do have wireless built into your laptop.. so ditch the USB dongle.

Built-in wireless networking Yes - 802.11b/g

So you do have an internal one

Along the top of your computer does it say "WiFi" near caps lock etc?

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Originally Posted by Zaub

Well if you actually took time to read the specs.. It says..

Built-in wireless networking Yes - 802.11b/g

So you do have wireless built into your laptop.. so ditch the USB dongle.

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Eeeh just because I don't sit an examing every single word... I don't have time lol.

Anyhoo today at uni, I forgot the USB dongle so I was like ahh! lol So I sort of forced myself to look into this whole built in wireless, and after a hell of a lot of looking I found my wireless switch and have now ditched the dongle completely! :)

Thanks for all helpful suggestions (that weren't rude ;P)! Repping now =)

The drivers might not be fully installed for the Built in card.

Get ur disks for the drivers and shove it in and try to reinstall networking card

He just said he's sorted it? ....