pci card

sobranie · Mar 07, 2008, 22:48:55

looking for pci card with wireless capabilities (aerial jobby) & cable ethernet socket. Does such a beastie exist?

Simon · Mar 07, 2008, 22:54:05

Yes. About £15 from any PC shop, or probably cheaper online. A wireless network card is, I think, what you're after.

Cookiemonster · Mar 07, 2008, 22:57:20

Hmm i think he was after a wireless card with the ethernet socket? Just had a look round scan and OCUK and can't seem to find any! Maybe I'm just blind.

Gary · Mar 07, 2008, 22:58:11

Netgear do one, a NETGEAR 54 Mb WG311 its about £17 online but I have never seen one with a Ethernet socket as well, you can get separate Ethernet cards though cheaply

has the pc not got a Ethernet port?

Philip · Mar 07, 2008, 23:01:27

I've never seen one that does both, I have to say.

If you're running out of PCI slots, you could get a network card plus a wireless USB dongle thingy.

kinmel · Mar 07, 2008, 23:05:11

My local computer shop's website says the PCI ethernet card is £7 and the PCI wireless or USB wireless are £10

Gary · Mar 07, 2008, 23:11:10

Quote from: kinmel on Mar 07, 2008, 23:05:11
My local computer shop's website says the PCI ethernet card is £7 and the PCI wireless or USB wireless are £10

Or a Killer NIC M1 for about £170

what kinmel suggests is about right, just get a 10/100 ethernet card and a cheap wifi card and thats all you need

sobranie · Mar 07, 2008, 23:12:47

Quote from: jester212 on Mar 07, 2008, 22:57:20
Hmm i think he was after a wireless card with the ethernet socket? Just had a look round scan and OCUK and can't seem to find any! Maybe I'm just blind.

doesn't really look as if the item exists tho. can't imagine why not !!!
I have a netgear wg311 usb dongly thingy which I don't really want to part with but needs must for a wrinkly mate I suppose.

sobranie · Mar 07, 2008, 23:15:57

Quote from: Killhippie on Mar 07, 2008, 23:11:10
Or a Killer NIC M1 for about £170 what kinmel suggests is about right, just get a 10/100 ethernet card and a cheap wifi card and thats all you need

pci slots are full bar one but will view puter over the weekend, have a feeling that 1 of the slots has a dial up modem in it. If so, prob solved.

Simon · Mar 07, 2008, 23:55:22

Sorry, I could have sworn I'd seen them in my local computer shop.

plugwash · Mar 08, 2008, 02:04:14

I've never seen a card with both ethernet and wi-fi though there is certainly no techincal problem that would prevent production of such a card (it may be nessacery to use a PCI-PCI bridge though which would push up the price a bit).

You can get products that plug into a PCI slot and connect to an external case which contains two or more PCI slots but they cost more than a low end PC so aren't generally an option. I've also seen PCI to dual PCMCIA/cardbus adaptors which iirc were more reasonablly priced.

You don't say how old the machine is but if it is a very old machine and has a free ISA slot then you could get an ISA ethernet adaptor (you will probabblly have to hit up ebay or amazon marketplace or similar for this, nowhere seems to sell them new anymore). If it it a newish machine then you can get pci express x1 ethernet adaptors (e.g. http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx?&NavigationKey=11175&NavigationKey=4294960491&NavigationKey=47520000&CategorySelectedId=11175&PageOffset=0&RecordOffset=0#Paging ).

sobranie · Mar 08, 2008, 12:25:35

Don't know quite how old the machine is but it runs on gas!

The instruction book is printed in latin and bears hebrew references to the dead sea scrolls!!
Had a quick gander this morning and there's a spare pci socket AND a dial up modem so prob is solved.
Only thing is I feel incredibly guilty having to deprive the 'wildlife' within the case which is also covered with a sticky nicotine layer. Yuck!!! Chappie said he bought it 2nd hand around 6 years ago!! Help!!!

Rik · Mar 08, 2008, 12:29:09

If you're not back in four hours, we'll send out a search party!