wireless noob

[Ilikepiedoyou]

I have a wireless router and I need to connect my desktop to it. Other machines in the house are already connected to it by a wired connection, but I don't want to cut up the walls for my machine. What short of hardware for my desktop do I need to get to allow me to connect to it? Can I just buy a wireless network card? Are they expensive?

 

[jlazzaro]

wireless card is all you need...usb / pci, look to spend around $25-30.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...031%201132809980&name=up%20to%2054Mbps

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

thanks, is there any particular features I should look for?

 

[jlazzaro]

as long as it supports your access points wireless standard (a, b, g) and the required encryption (preferrably wpa) you should be good.

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

What does it mean when the windows zero connection is not functioning? How do I make it functional?

 

[jlazzaro]

are you using another piece of software to control your wireless connection?

if so, disable it and go to settings > control panel > administrative tools > services > and start (or set to auto if needed) the service named 'Wireless Zero Configuration'

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

thanks, I think you are right, how do I check to see wha is controlling the wireless conection?

 

[JackMDS]

I need a Wireless Card what should I get? http://www.ezlan.net/faq#wcard

My Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html

Wireless, Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

no thread jacking please

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: Ilikepiedoyou
no thread jacking please

LOL, Thread jacking?

I think you did not understand the gist of my post.

If you can not choose form the link that jlazzaro gave you have to spend the time that is necessary to read these pages so you would have minimal understanding of Wireless and would not need to ask sub basic questions.

Going the way it goes now, 30 hours past since your initial post and you are in square One.

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

I apologize, I thought you were asking those questions for yourself. Thanks for posting those links, but none of them seem to work for me.

I purchased a gigabyte wireless card and have it installed and running, but unfortuately something is blocking me from start the windows zero connection service, and I was just wondering where to look to find the program that is blocking that.

 

[JackMDS]

When you install the card's software, it probably installed the Gigabyte utility too.

Most of these utilities stop WZC when they load up.

Check, if this is the case may be the utility have an entry that can be checked to allow WZC to work.

Otherwise, get rid of the utility.

See third paragraph highlighted with yellow on the second link in my above post.

Otherwise, if there is a problem with WZC per-se this might help, http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

YAAAYYYY it worked, thank you sir