On 17 Nov 2006 00:28:08 -0800, "Bucky" <uw_badgers@email.com> wrote in
<1163752088.150854.264020@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>:

>Peabody wrote:
>> I understand that I could buy a wireless router, but would I save
>> any money, and would it be simpler, and possibly faster, to just add
>> a PCI-card wireless NIC to the desktop, and have the desktop
>> function as the router?
>
>Non brand name wireless routers can be extremely cheap when on sale.
>I've seen them for $10-20. That's about the cost of a PCI NIC card
>anyways.

They're undoubtedly worth every penny you pay for them. ;)

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