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I am amazed at the speed of your responses and I thank all of you. I may as well answer all your questions OutToLunch I bought the router, initially not knowing the technicalities of everything, but at £22.47 for a wireless N150 router and USB adapter it seemed pretty good value; actually I spotted it on the HotUKDeals web site. There is 1 incoming socket and 4 outgoing ports. The poor instructions with the unit do state, that you should make a hard wired connection first before going wireless. Neither computer has an Ethernet socket. Regards the laptop, yes I could borrow one (less than 2 years old) Why do you as ? SRochford Yes, desk top machines, both built in 2002. Both run Windows XP, probably not originally but they have both had a few repairs carried out in the past few years. They were made and repaired by a local company who actually also maintained and supplied the computers where I work. Yes they have PCI slots and £10 seems a fair price. David Yep, my internet connection up until now is cable to modem, supplied by Telewest (now Virgin) then USB cable to the USB socket on the pc. One end USBA and the other USB B Windows XP Steve That seems too cheap for any remotely computer related, but of course Ebuyer is a good company. The router was bought there Think I’d be happier spending just a few extra quid, although I can’t really explain why. Finally, there’s a small computer store in town, so I might just pop along tomorrow and see if they have cards. Thanks again

Hi This is my first posting, so thanks in advice for any replies I recently purchased a wireless router, actually a Tenda W311R+ to be exact, with the intention of using two, fairly old computers as a network. Unfortunately the router connection would not work and I even tried to contact Virgin, my broadband supplier for advice. Neither computer has an ethernet connection and the one that is internet connected, does so by a USB connection. Unfortunately Virgin, state that this is no longer supported, so I can not even get my second computer online, to download some free software. However I was advised to get an ethernet card for both machines, which are apparently very cheap. Even with the one to be connected wirelessly, an initial hard-wired connection is necessary as a first step I have opened the computers and each has spare 32bit 5V slots, where I assume the card will go. Does anybody have a suitable link for suitable cards, from a UK based supplier ? I've seen some for £7-£10 but are these OK .... I don't know why, but I assumed they would be much more expensive . Many thanks !