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I need some help!!! What would be the way to add wifi to this PC. I was thinking of maybe a USB dongle from Netgear etc. The PC only has 2 PCI slots and I am not sure if W10 would even recognize a wifi card. I also am not sure of a USB dongle range?
I would definitely go with a dongle, easily connected and transferable.
Range depends a lot on the signal source (router), routers signals have progressed through 802.11a/b/g/n and now ac (the very latest), progressively improving.
A newer router supporting 802.11n will have a far better reach than an older a/b/g router. My wife's PC connects via 802.11n dongle about 5 meters from the router and signal strength is off the map.
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OK Jim, the lady that owns this PC has internet with AT&T Uverse. The modem is located in the adjacent room, separated by a closet, where it is connected to a Play Station. The modem has five more ethernet connections that can be utilized but only if a wire is ran. From where the PC will be located it is probably 25 feet through the closet and to the modem. The closet was my main concern about the dongle range. Do you think the wifi signal could be acquired through the closet walls?
Sorry Daniel but AT&T Uverse means nothing to me. Is that a cable service?
You mention a modem but not a router. Is it a modem/router combined? If not, is there a router for wifi?
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att U-verse is broadband internet via the phone line. The phone line is routed to the att modem/router with connections by either ethernet cables or wifi. So do I run cat6 ethernet cable, which I know works, or try to set up a wifi connection.
By comparison, my internet is provided by Suddenlink which is connected to the modem and then connected to my router and it is connected to three more PC's and somtimes the wifi is utilized
Okay, so it's a modem/router combo.
Provided it supports 802.11n, which I'd be surprised if it didn't, I can't see any problems with 25', even through walls. Just make sure that the dongle supports the same format.
Our wifi network at home is 802.11n and all our wifi devices work fine right throughout the home, through multiple walls and all.
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Thanks Jim, I will pass the info to the owner and see how they wish to proceed. I am sure it has 802.11n, even my old router has that. I know they are using the wifi with at least one laptop and I don't know how many phones. Thanks Daniel. Hope to see you monday night.
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