Here is a website for reading up on networking and how to set it up
http://www.homenethelp.com/home-network.asp
On that older Dell with only USB 1.1 I would not buy a Wireless USB Adaptor.
You will need to buy a wireless PCI card...............
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=195953
Thats just an example but they usually are less bothersome to set up if they
are the same brand as the router
peterk
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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about
the problem
"John.N." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> May I start by declaring that I am a 'wireless newbie'.
>
> I am considering buying a new DELL PC with their wireless equipt. option;
> i.e. a Belkin F5D7632 ADSL MODEM/ROUTER (802.11g) and a Truemobile 1450
> wireless USB Adapter- I presume this will kit out my new PC to work with
> my
> existing ADSL connection!.
>
> I have an existing DELL PC which will become my second PC which I want to
> have networked wirelessly to my new PC to make use of the ADSL connection
> and also share files between each PC.
>
> What do I need in my existing PC (USB is ver.1.1 and I have a fitted
> internal network adapter) to achieve this; and will my PC's be secure from
> the ouside world?
>
> Are the Dell wireless equipt. OK?
>
> Thanks John.
>
>