How to Select Wireless Communication Cards for a Laptop

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Free yourself from the phone line by getting a wireless communications card for your laptop. To select the card, you need to know how you will use it and what type of computer you have.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

PC Communication Card

Step 1

Determine whether you will be connecting your laptop to a local-area network (LAN), such as at your office. Will you need to make that LAN connection from the road?
Step 2

Figure out whether you need to connect via an ISDN line.
Step 3

Determine whether you are using a notebook PC with 32-bit card slots or with 16-bit card slots or whether you are using an Apple PowerBook.
Step 4

Ask to see appropriate wireless communication cards based on your evaluation in steps 1 through 3.