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Wireless network card question

  • 15-02-2007 6:07pm
    #1
    hargo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭


    I have an old Gateway pentium 111, 500Mhz pc and I want to use it for web browsing only. I need to fit a wireless network in it but have no idea what spec I should get for it to be compatible. Any help greatly appreciated.

    Motherboard; Intel p111, 500
    Chipset: Intel 440bx chipset


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  • #2
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Any PCI wireless network card should be OK. However you'll want to have at least Windows 2000 as a lot of cards in the shops today won't have drivers for older operating systems. I used a Netgear WG311T on a PIII 933 running Win2k without any trouble.

    There is a chance the drivers and software with some cards won't "agree" with such old hardware, so I'd recommend to buy it from some place were you can return/exchange the card easily.


  • #3
    hargo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭hargo


    Thanks for info. I have xp loaded on the pc so i'm probably ok for the driver.


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