Question about old laptop & Internet

[MinGraphics]

My daughter has an 8 year old dell laptop she still uses to go on line, it has to have a cable plugged into it. We want to know if it can be made wireless, if so what would you suggest.

[The Wise Monkey]

You can buy USB wireless adapters that should work well. They aren't too expensive, and are generally better than using a PCMIA card wireless adapter. Good brands are belkin, d-link and netgear.

This is a good one for $40 (speaking from personal experience):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833314026

This also has excellent reviews, and is a bit cheaper:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833130111

[MinGraphics]

Thank you Wise, we will get the first one. It should work fine, She wants to be able to stay upstairs and use it.