You can find good network cards for your laptop at the stores like Best Buy's or Fry's. Usually they have lots of sales, so check them out. You can also try Amazon.
The "laptop internet card" also called a Network Interface Controller (NIC) goes on the bottom of the laptop where there is a slot for the card where there is a removable part on the laptop to get to the motherboard.
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It is not neccessarily the type of laptop as it is the type of network card installed in the laptop, the speed of your network provider, and the type of Service you have with that provider.
I have a Acer 3620 and I cannot find the drives for the network controller or wireless card.
if you're connecting to other people's network. no you don't
It's used to connect to the internet by way of 56K, Ethernet or network card.
If your laptop is equipped with a USB port (most are) then virtually any USB wireless adapter will work.
You will need a wireless Network card installed to be able to use wireless service outside. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have a internal WiFi card (or network card) in your laptop and you have a wireless connection from your house (or any other connection that is around) you can surf the web (it works the same way when wireless is used inside.) Dumb question jackbot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buying a wireless card depends on if your wanting to use the laptop while not near the desktop. You can buy network cables to connect the two computers as well.
Subscribe to an ISP for internet such as IVC Telecom and then connect your laptop to the modem with an ethernet cable or connect wirelessly using wifi, assuming your laptop has a wireless network card.
Install xp on the laptop. A laptop won't work without an operating system.You can do this. But how do you mean "connect"? If you want to share files, then here's a way. If the laptop has a floppy drive and a network card you can make a network bootdisk to boot the laptop and connect to the laptop using ethernet . This will allow you to access shares on the desktop and u can copy over files from the laptop to the desktop but you can't access the laptop from the desktop.You can also try "LapLink" google it for more info.
To turn on your network card, first, access the Device Manager by right-clicking the Start button and selecting it from the list. Expand the "Network adapters" section, right-click on your network card, and select "Enable" if it is disabled. Alternatively, you can check your computer's BIOS/UEFI settings for any network card options, or ensure that the physical switch on your laptop or desktop is turned on if it has one. Lastly, you can also enable it through the network settings in the Control Panel or Settings app.