Upgrade old laptop to wireless

I am looking into buying a used laptop which won't have wireless as
standard. The model could be Sharp PC-GP1515.

Is it straightforward/possible to upgrade to wireless?

Is simply a wireless card in one ofd the slots (PCMCIA?)

On 24/01/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:

> I am looking into buying a used laptop which won't have wireless as
> standard. The model could be Sharp PC-GP1515.
>
> Is it straightforward/possible to upgrade to wireless?
>
> Is simply a wireless card in one ofd the slots (PCMCIA?)


Yes, exactly that, doing it here with a Vaio.
If you can try and get the same make PCMCIA card as your WAP, they tend
to play together better.


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"Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 24/01/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:
>
>> I am looking into buying a used laptop which won't have wireless as
>> standard. The model could be Sharp PC-GP1515.
>>
>> Is it straightforward/possible to upgrade to wireless?
>>
>> Is simply a wireless card in one ofd the slots (PCMCIA?)
>
>
> Yes, exactly that, doing it here with a Vaio.
> If you can try and get the same make PCMCIA card as your WAP, they tend
> to play together better.
>


Whats a WAP?

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:38:45 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
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>Whats a WAP?
>
Wireless Access Point.

A wireless router is basically a router with a WAP built in, in the
same way that a modem\router is a router with a modem built in.

I've got a WAP to add the wireless bit onto my existing wired network.
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right, got a Draytek Vigor 2600Gi ISDN/ADSL Wireless Router, so need to see
if they do a PCMCIA card

However, when we get broadband installed in the next couple of weeks here,
its going to be wireless/satellite. Does that mean I could connect (in the
garden say) directly without using the router? (and hence the card could be
any old card)

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:23:13 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
<(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:

>However, when we get broadband installed in the next couple of weeks here,
>its going to be wireless/satellite. Does that mean I could connect (in the
>garden say) directly without using the router? (and hence the card could be
>any old card)
>
No, you still need to go through the router, unless you can get a
PCMCIA satellite dish........
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On 24/01/2005 Lurch wrote:

> No, you still need to go through the router, unless you can get a
> PCMCIA satellite dish........


If you go this route then get one with strong supporting brackets :-)

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