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Thanks for the suggestions.<br />
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I have now bought a plug in &quot;dongle&quot; and 11-year old Thomas is happy with his wireless connection.
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Thanks for the suggestions.

I have now bought a plug in "dongle" and 11-year old Thomas is happy with his wireless connection.

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Hi,<br />
<br />
(Please excuse the vagueness of this question).<br />
<br />
I have a Dell desktop which does not work on my home wireless. &nbsp;(I have multiple devices working on the wireless).<br />
<br />
Do I need to buy any hardware (for the desktop) in order to get my wireless working?<br />
<br />
Do I need to install wireless software?
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Hi,

(Please excuse the vagueness of this question).

I have a Dell desktop which does not work on my home wireless.  (I have multiple devices working on the wireless).

Do I need to buy any hardware (for the desktop) in order to get my wireless working?

Do I need to install wireless software?

Dell Desktop - Getting to work on home wireless

Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise (business) installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations. Wireless telecommunications networks are generally implemented and administered using radio communication. This implementation takes place at the physical level (layer) of the OSI model network structure. The key hardware components of a wireless computer network include adapters, routers and access points, antennas and repeaters.

Wireless Hardware

Wireless networking is anything related to the transfer of data between two (or more) devices without the use of a physical connection, ranging from getting advice on a new Bluetooth headset to configuring sophisticated enterprise level networks.

Wireless Networking

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

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