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What are the usb things that you plug into a desktop to use wifi?
my friend used to have a little usb thing that looked kind of like a flash drive but she could use it for wifi on a desktop, it broke so i want to buy her a new one, but i don't know what to search for.
5 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
a usb wireless adapter
Source(s): go to walmart and have someone in the electronics department and they can help you find it - VenuGLv 79 years ago
A USB wifi dongle. One can be ordered online from ebay.com etc for a few dollars.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/54Mbps-WIFI-USB-2-0-WIRELE...
Take care that it is compatible with the wifi router you are using. The classification is IEEE 803:11 a,b, g, n. All are not compatible with each other. Read this informative article for more details :
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 - Anonymous9 years ago
almsot anything which hangs out of a computer this way is generically called a 'dongle', thus this is a wifi dongle. however, most people say usb wifi.
Source(s): using computers since '78 (long live fortran & pascal!) using windows since 3.11 including vista & 7 since beta1 building/rebuilding/repair, selling & support since '92 - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- 9 years ago
Get her one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230576711337?ssPageName=...
Those little things are tiny but work perfectly well :)
