question about lidl computer - wireless lan

ChicoMendez

lads did anyone ever get one of the targa Visionary 3200 pcs from lidl?

any issues with it ever ?


bascially i have a dsl connection and my girlfriend has a laptop but keeps bottering me to check ger mails etc etc
what is the best way to connect two computers to my net connection ?
would the above wireless lan sort my probelms???

Lump

Well if you have a USB modem, it means that you will have to have the computer that the modem is connected to any time either of the computers want to access the net. Get a couple of wireless cards and a wireless Modem/Router.... easy to set up and the main PC doesnt need to be turned on to connect to the net... cost you about €160 at a guess.


John

smileyrecords

i take it your talkin about
targa 3200

Model Targa® Visionary AV64 II 3200+ Multimedia-PC
Processor AMD Athlon64™ 3200+ with HyperTransport, 512KB L2 Cache and QuantiSpeed architectur, works with 2200MHz
EKL Blade super silent cooler (Crimped-Fin-Copper/Aluminium-Technology)
Software Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition,
Microsoft® Works Suite 2004, Pinnacle Studio 8 SE, Pinnacle Hollywood FX, Pinnacle T-Rex, Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD, Norton Antivirus
Motherboard Asus K8V-F (Targa-Edition) VIA K8T800 chipset-technology
5 x PCI, 1 x AGP, 2 x DIMM exp. up to 2 GByte DDR-RAM, 2 x EIDE
RAM 512 MB DDR-RAM PC3200 (400 MHz) exp. up to 2 GB DDR-RAM

Hard disc 250 GB Maxtor® UDMA-100 - 7200 rpm with Fluid-Dynamic-Bearing-Technologie and 8 MB Cache
CD-ROM/DVD Samsung® DVD-ROM
16x DVD, 48x CD-ROM
LG® multiformat DVD-and CD-burner
read: 12x DVD-ROM, 32x CD-ROM
write: 8x DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 4x DVD+RW, 4x DVD-RW, 24x CD-R,
10x CD-RW
Incl. burning software Nero 6 OEM Suite
Graphics ATI® ALL IN WONDER® 9600 XT High-Speed-Edition
– 128 MByte DDR-RAM
– DirectX 9
– AGP 8x
TV- and FM-tuner
Time shifting, multifunktional Teletext
Soundboard Realtek® 6 Channel Dolby 5.1; Digitalsound with digital and analogue out and in.
Stereo-speaker included in delivery
Keyboard Radio controlled multimedia-keyboard
Mouse Radio controlled scroll-mouse
Dimensions (WxHxD) mm 180 x 435 x 500
Power supply 300 Watt Fortron Source - PFC
Slot 5x PCI (3x free for upgrades)/1x AGP (8x)
Interfaces Front:
Targa® 8-in-1 Multimedia-Card-Reader, 2 x USB 2.0, FireWire, S-Video IN, Composite IN, Micro, Audio IN, Audio OUT

Back:
2 x PS/2, parallel, serial, center and subwoofer (switchable to Microfon), rear-speaker (switchable to line-on), front-speaker (line-out), LAN RJ 45, 4x USB 2.0, firewire 6-Pin-connector, audio-digital in (SPDIF), audio-digital out (SPDIF), 2x VGA (analogue Monitor), S-video out, Composite-out, TV-antenna-/cableconnector, FM-antenna-/cableconnector, RJ 11 Modem western plug, WirelessLAN G-Standard
Warranty 24 month incl. on-site-service , Hotline
Chipset VIA K8T800 + VT8237
Communication 8-in-1 Targa® Card- Reader read and write data from CompactFlash, Sony Memory Stick, Sony Memory Stick PRO, SD Card, SmartMedia, IBM Microdrive und MultiMedia Card, SmartCard (mobile-phone SIM-Cards etc.), 56K V.90 modem, Wireless LAN

the above pc has a wireless card not a wirelless acces point,

to set up a wireless network see below:

1. what you need is a wireless access point (Sender), acces point connect to the pc that has adsl connnection

2. ur girlfriends laptop connects thru a wireless card (Receiver) to the access point over radio

now once the laptop is connected to access point you can share files/ surf the net etc

so to answer your question no! you need to buy an acces point
try ebay

http://search.ebay.co.uk/wireless-access-point_W0QQsoloctogZ9

for more info

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1276145,00.asp

doh.ie

I have a similar laptop, and had excellent results with this:
http://www.netgear.co.uk/html/prod_routers_adsl.htm#dg834g

Has been excellent for running multiple PCs and laptops off. Don't try the Targa wi-fi card in another laptop, though. Must have shoddy drivers, cos it made my Vaio go
do-lally.