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.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • PC Communication Card
Step1
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?
Step2
Figure out whether you need to connect via an ISDN line.
Step3
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.
Step4
Ask to see appropriate wireless communication cards based on your evaluation in steps 1 through 3.

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