What hardware do I need if I want a wireless Internet connection?

What hardware do I need if I want a wireless Internet connection?

Ian Urquhart (Lead Developer, E-Haus, LLC.) gives expert video advice on: What is the difference between Internet and Intranet?; What hardware do I need if I want a wireless Internet connection?; How do I choose the best wireless network card? and more...

If you're thinking of going wireless; you're going to need a few things. If you're at home, you're going to need a high speed modem and after that you're going to need a wireless router. Now, this wireless router, the only thing it does is that it takes signals that come through your modem and they transmit it out. Now, if you're on a laptop or a desktop, you're going to need something that receives those signals. So if you're on a laptop you have a wireless card that picks up those signals and if you're on a desktop; it's called a PCI card that you'll need to install.