Wireless network?cable network?

ok so pretty much cable is usually faster than wireless right? well anyways...i bought wireless card for my desktop because it didnt come with a wireless card inside it.... when i download stuff...it download about 10 mb or less... or about 10% or something like that and it suddenly stops.. and it doesnt go up anymore... once it was like 98% and it stopped... how can i fix that? i tried reconnecting the card and reconnected to the network and it still stops at about 10%





another question so i dont waste 5 points


I am about to move.. my parents want to use wireless, i dont... what if i use a cable... and my parents use wireless?? can you explain how that would work.. and can u explain networking and how wireless works... and how cable works... i am a networking noob... i would live pictures





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Wireless network?cable network?
Wireless cards can be alot of trouble because they lose their signal alot. If you go with a Internet cable (rj-45 cable is what you should buy) you will have faster internet and you dont have to worry about losing your signal and your downloads cutting off like that





heres a high tech diagram i made, this is how it would look if you had a wire and your parents had wireless:





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Basiclly there is a router that is connected to your internet source, the router is what lets you and your parents share the internet. The router will send out a wireless signal to any wireless cards and if you want to use a cable there should be a few slots on the back to plug in the rj-45 internet cable.
Reply:Hey there.


Yep, Wired connections are generally faster than wireless.


Your issue might depend on whether or not your adapter seems to malfunction because of excess usage (really unlikely). If your downloads continue breaking at certain points, it may be that the source you are downloading your file off of is not reliable. Try downloading other things, from other websites. If you are able to finish a download, it points out that the issue is probably from the server you are downloading from. If this is the case, nothing is wrong with your adapter. If all other downloads keep breaking, there is something wrong with your computer/adapter (more info would be needed..)





Well, if your parents want to use wireless, you want to use wired internet, there wouldn't be much of an issue (besides the fact that your computer would have to be near your wireless router the entire time; unless you already on planning to do so.) Your wireless adapter should also have LAN ports to connect ethernet cables to. Your parents could use the wireless wherever, and you could just connect the ethernet cable to the adapter.





Good luck
Reply:your best bet is to buy a wireless router ..most generally routers nowady have several ports for ethernet wires and several ports for wireless.both..





wireless and cable are generally the same amount of speed i use wireless and have no troubles...





what kind of wireless card did you buy??