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usb belkin wireless adapter...

clarelad · 2010-07-03 13:47:48

Hi, I bought a belkin usb wireless adapter recently for my desktop to connect to the internet but it is only picking up two networks whereas my laptop is picking them all up right beside it,would it be a problem with the belkin brand that i bought in argos? it is a dell vostro 200 desktop so its only 2 yeras old...anyone…

03-07-2010 02:47PM

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clarelad

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Hi,

I bought a belkin usb wireless adapter recently for my desktop to connect to the internet but it is only picking up two networks whereas my laptop is picking them all up right beside it,would it be a problem with the belkin brand that i bought in argos? it is a dell vostro 200 desktop so its only 2 yeras old...anyone used one of these?

Thanks

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#2 03-07-2010 02:59PM

stevek93

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what type of adapter is it ? eg G Wireless USB Adapter ect

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#3 03-07-2010 03:49PM

clarelad

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ya wireless g...

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#4 03-07-2010 05:21PM

JonathanAnon

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Why are you worried about how many networks it is picking up? Surely you just have your own wireless router that you need to connect to ?

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#5 03-07-2010 06:15PM

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im using the same and works fine. if you can pick up your network and it connects fine then no worries if not bring back to argos and ask for a new one.

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