Is Your Laptop Wireless Enabled?

Inbuilt wireless capabilities have become more or less standard tools on most laptops and home desktops nowadays for a few reasons. One of these main reasons is price. Adding wireless capability is so easy on the pocket that it would be ridiculous for the companies not to add it. The perceived value of any machine with wireless capacity far exceeds the cost to add it. Wireless is the wave of the future, so if the companies wish to stay in front of the technology opposition they have to add it to all but there most elementary models.

However, if you happen to be like most people you probably cannot even check how much memory your computer has, let-alone whether or not your computer is wireless enabled. Throw in the fact that you just may not be sure wireless networking is, and it's effortless to ignore even trying to determine whether or not your laptop has that capacity. As a result, ever taking the time to set it up is without a doubt out of the question.

Since you bought your computer you have probably heard increasingly about "going wireless" since it's become the hip thing to do. If that's the case with you or I have simply sparked your imagination then read a bit more because I have outlined a few things you can do to check whether or not your computer has wireless features.

Laptops - Intel Centrino Mobile Technology

Computer companies do less than an ideal job at explaining what that means, but if your laptop came with this built in then that is excellent news for you personally! In a nutshell, it means that your laptop has wireless networking built right in and you don't need to do a thing. Intel Centrino Mobile Technology is a marketing name for the combination of the Intel Pentium M processor and Intel's' Pro Wireless card.

If you have Intel Centrino Mobile Technology it follows that your computer should contain a "Centrino" sticker on it somewhere. If you can't find a sticker but you believe you had one at some time then simply do the following.

Right click on the "My Computer" icon. It is probably on the desktop itself, but if it isn't then go to your 'Start Menu', find 'My Computer', right-click and select Properties. When the menu opens check out what it says after, or under the word 'Computer'.

As a side note, Intel Centrino Mobile Technology also increases the battery life and enables manufacturers to build computers smaller. If you can't find anything concerning Intel Centrino Mobile Technology under the word Computer -- do not worry because as long as your laptop has a free card slot, installing wireless is a simple task.

Any computer without a wireless network card or USB adapter will need one installing. This is not that difficult and they are moderately cheap to buy. The key thing is to make sure that they are compatible with your wireless ADSL modem router. For compatibility with the Netgear DG834G, the Netgear RangeMax USB Adapter WPN111 is recommended for desktops, and the Netgear RangeMax WN511B is recommended for laptops.

Hopefully I have given you an insight in to what is involved. There are plenty of ebooks and such stuff on the internet. I always go to a company called Laptop Repair London. They do not just repair computer systems, they also provide IT support as well and they are always helpfull if you get stuck on anything.