Desktop : standard PCI slot, usb dongle, and NOW there are PCI-E 1x cards
Laptop : PCMCIA slot, usb dongle, or built in :D
Network Interface Card(NIC) is used to connect a PC to the the network. It is fixed into one of the computer's expansion slot. In wireless network also NIC is used.It can be identified by a light.
According to the manual it should have its own interface (unless there is some trick and you have to pay for that too). You need to read the printer manual to make sure that the printer wireless is compatible with your wireless network.
Wireless compatibility is a network issue, not a funciton of your computer or your printer. If your printer has the same network capabilities, yes, it's compatible.
A destop must first be power off, and then you must open the destop's case in order to install the wireless network interface card. From Nareth Sok
A wireless router.
Network interface card
If you have a wireless adapters, most PCs do not have them, it means that your PC is wireless compatible. Even if you do not have it. It's very easy to fix. You can for $30-50 a good G-card which will allow you to connect to wireless networks (even to N-network, if the the network was configured to work in compatible mode).
A network interface card can be connected to a standard PCI slot or PCI-E slot. The choice of what slot to use is up to the person building the system and also based on what expansion slot is unused.
wireless access points, wireless network interface cards (NICs) and routers.
Is G compatible network.
It is a technology where we combine fiber and wireless technology seamlessly.
99.9% of modern laptop have both wireless as well as wire network interface.