I just recently bought the following usb wireless adapter to get more distance. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Netgear-RangeMax-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-USB-2.0-Adapter/10928682 I installed the cd but it doesn't seem to work. I just want my old gateway laptop (running xp) to use the usb adapter to run off of wireless. I can't seem to get the one built into the computer to shut off so I can have the usb adapter working alone. Can someone tell me how to get the usb adapter working as the only wireless card?
My other problem is that I want the adapter to automatically connect to the closest wireless connection in whatever area I'm currently in. This is solely for my dad who isn't really computer savvy so I cant really tell him step by step what to do. He lives two hours away and knows how to surf the internet. His roommate has a usb adapter and he can use internet since it can find connections farther away. (His computer is in chinese so he can't help my dad since his is in english & I cant go up and do it myself) If I can get the usb adapter to work from you guys helping me I want it so it connects to the closest internet connection automatically on bootup of the machine. Please help me with these two problems it will greatly be appreciated.
P.S. Do you guys know of any good remote access programs that are completely free and not like a 30 day trial? I like the logmein.com one but its kind of slow and I want to have the observing thing too instead of taking over the computer completely.
My other problem is that I want the adapter to automatically connect to the closest wireless connection in whatever area I'm currently in. This is solely for my dad who isn't really computer savvy so I cant really tell him step by step what to do. He lives two hours away and knows how to surf the internet. His roommate has a usb adapter and he can use internet since it can find connections farther away. (His computer is in chinese so he can't help my dad since his is in english & I cant go up and do it myself) If I can get the usb adapter to work from you guys helping me I want it so it connects to the closest internet connection automatically on bootup of the machine. Please help me with these two problems it will greatly be appreciated.
P.S. Do you guys know of any good remote access programs that are completely free and not like a 30 day trial? I like the logmein.com one but its kind of slow and I want to have the observing thing too instead of taking over the computer completely.