Installing Hardware: Installing the USB Adapter

This lesson is part of the series: PC Network - Installation, PC Network - Install, Connect, Configure, Share

This video is part of a broader set of videos that cover all aspects of home network setup and configuration. This particular lesson comes from section 2, which covers Home Networking Hardware Installation. Other sections include lessons that cover the topics of Networking Hardware Selection, Networking Hardware Configuration, Connecting PCs to Home Networks and Setting up File Sharing and Printer Sharing.

The lessons in this section are:
*Installing the Router - www.mindbites.com/lesson/1789
*Installing the USB Adapter - This Lesson
*Installing the PCI Card Adapter - www.mindbites.com/lesson/1791
*Installing the PC Card Adapter - www.mindbites.com/lesson/1792

In this lesson, we go to the Familyroom computer and connect a USB wireless network adapter. We show installing the software that comes with the adapter along with the options to choose during the install. We then plug the adapter into a open USB port on the back of the computer. We will get the computer connected to the router and on the Internet in Section 4.

This video goes on to cover:
*Installing USB Wireless Adapter Software
*Connecting the Adapter to the Computer
*Show Windows detecting the adapter

Next we'll install a PCI card wireless adapter into a desktop computer. First we need to install the driver and configuration utility that came with the card.

Hello everyone my name is Michael Cooper & I have been in the computer industry for over 12 years. For the past 5 years I have been making instructional videos showing the average computer user how to build their own computer.

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