Is it possible to use a wireless router to pick up internet within your home instead of a wireless card?
I want to hook up a third pc to a wireless network in my home. One pc has a wireless card , but it\s it possible to use a regular wireless router to pick up the net from another wireless g router instead of using a wireless pc card?
11 Responses
low_on_ram
16 Jul 2010
Brittney B
16 Jul 2010
YES
Megs
16 Jul 2010
Yes that’s what i do at home.
trouble_sum81
16 Jul 2010
we use a wireless router for all our computers/laptops so YES!!!
Try Netgear.
mmrn
16 Jul 2010
Yes, I do that too !
Evan P
16 Jul 2010
it should be able to. The wireless card is mostly used for laptops
Darren, PC Frien
16 Jul 2010
A relay or Access Point is what you are referring to. Yes. However, you can’t use any router to do it. It must have Access Point or Relay capability.
namehurr22
16 Jul 2010
Yes it is possible
iTsBrEE
16 Jul 2010
Yea I have linskys and it goes through my home computer then my family has two laptops that get internet thriugh the wireless router.
Garys1266
16 Jul 2010
Yes a wireless router is the ay to go…
Erica
16 Jul 2010
Yes ma’am. I have the same thing, I use a Netgear router.
Ummm, I think I know what you are asking.
If you want to access the wireless network you need a wireless card. They sell them for both laptops & desktops.
If you have a laptop &/or a desktop pc & don’t want to get a wireless card… get a ethernet cable. Doesn’t matter which one, make sure it’s long enough to reach the back of the router. Plug it in & your connected to the internet.
You cannot use the router as a wireless card, at most you could use it as a repeater on the network. You would still need a method of accessing it/network = wireless card &/or ethernet cable.