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Anyone have a cheap wireless card for a Desktop? It doesn't matter if it is a B or a G card, as long as it is cheap.

My wife rearranged my son's room, so that his desk is no longer near the LAN connection. I'd prefer not to have to run cable around the room to get to his computer, since we have a 1 year old that thinks that she can go ANYWHERE in the house that she'd like.

Laziness is preventing me from removing the one from my wife's computer downstairs and bringing it up for my son. (Someone knicked the LAN cord that connects her office, which is where the laziness comes in....I don't feel like repairing the wire)

Sorry, I don't have a card for you, but I just have to say I must be more lazy than you are, because I wouldn't want to have to remove the side panel from the box to install a PCI card. I would just plug in a wireless USB unit and be done with it.

Ah, but see, you overlooked the fact that Steve is "cheap" . I'd think that a USB WiFi adapter would cost more than a throw-away PCI card.

I have a PCI AOpen AOI-831 B/G card here.But i dont have an antenna for it.
I dont want anything for it(just shipping) but by the time you add shipping and buy an antenna for it , you might find one cheaper.

Got one for you. PM sent.

rkawakami wrote:Ah, but see, you overlooked the fact that Steve is "cheap" . I'd think that a USB WiFi adapter would cost more than a throw-away PCI card.

Ouch, that hurt...

Got one for $5, from a fellow forum member! (Ok, maybe that does make me cheap...lol)

FYI, if you have one near you, Microcenter has one by Trendnet for $8.99. Sale ends today, but there will probably be something similar for the next month.

steve, i still have this one for sale.   i can't compete with microcenter's price though.

i bought it because i needed server 2008 x64 compatibility.   it was used for a few weeks in my thinkstation while i was running ethernet across the house.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0243526

Price is $8.99 after $10 mail-in rebate.

tfflivemb2 wrote:

rkawakami wrote:Ah, but see, you overlooked the fact that Steve is "cheap" . I'd think that a USB WiFi adapter would cost more than a throw-away PCI card.

Ouch, that hurt...

Got one for $5, from a fellow forum member! (Ok, maybe that does make me cheap...lol)

Okay, how about... "you overlooked the fact that Steve is looking for a "cheap" solution .

Nice catch rkawakami, I was just browsing through the store today and didn't look very closely.

Steve is looking for a "cheap" solution

I think the proper phrase is "Steve is frugal".