Questions about networking...

Ok, so I'm fairly new to this, actually, i'm brand new to
this, and i have a couple of questions... Ok, so first
i'll explain what needs to happen, and then maybe
somebody can let me know what can be done to make it
happen... what i want is to have my broadband receiver in
one room with the wireless base (MN-500). I will have a
desktop computer in one room, and two laptops in other
rooms throughout the house. What needs to be done to
make that happen? I have the wireless card for the
laptop, but how do i make the desktop wireless? Do i
HAVE to use USB? Or is there another way?
Another problem... on the laptop which has the
wireless card, when the computer crashed the software
that came with the card was erased, so the card no longer
works on the laptop, and unfortunately when i moved the
software for the wireless card was lost, so I don't know
how to load the software back on to the laptop. Can I
buy the software instalation CD, or is it on the
internet? Or is there another possibility? Any and all
help is very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Kyle

Ideally, you would have set the desktop on the same room
with the MN500 and the modem, and wire them. For an
automatic install, you'll have to use the wired
connection anyway (after that you don't need to keep it
wired).

Otherwise, you can either get a USB adapter or a PCI card
(the PCI card requires to open the box and install it
physically -- so the USB adpater is easier). Another way
is to buy a PC Card adapter so you can use directly the
MN-520 (like in the laptop), but these adapters are as
expensive as a USB adapter.

You can download the drivers for the wireless card from
MS web site (go to microsoft and search for MN-500). You
can then set it up manually, or use the MN-500 CD to add
the additional software. If you want to, you can order a
new CD from MS (the phone is on the web site).

>-----Original Message-----
>Ok, so I'm fairly new to this, actually, i'm brand new
to
>this, and i have a couple of questions... Ok, so first
>i'll explain what needs to happen, and then maybe
>somebody can let me know what can be done to make it
>happen... what i want is to have my broadband receiver
in
>one room with the wireless base (MN-500). I will have a
>desktop computer in one room, and two laptops in other
>rooms throughout the house. What needs to be done to
>make that happen? I have the wireless card for the
>laptop, but how do i make the desktop wireless? Do i
>HAVE to use USB? Or is there another way?
> Another problem... on the laptop which has the
>wireless card, when the computer crashed the software
>that came with the card was erased, so the card no
longer
>works on the laptop, and unfortunately when i moved the
>software for the wireless card was lost, so I don't know
>how to load the software back on to the laptop. Can I
>buy the software instalation CD, or is it on the
>internet? Or is there another possibility? Any and all
>help is very much appreciated.
> Thanks in advance
> Kyle
>.
>