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PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is the standard expansion slots in your desktop PC.
There are several ways to install a wireless NIC into a desktop machine with a PCI slow - one is to purchase one of the PCI network cards and plug it straight in, another is to purchase a PCMCIA cradle that goes in a PCI slot and then buy a PCMCIA NIC, and finally you could forget about PCMCIA entirely and buy a USB NIC (which has the advantage that you can run a (cheaper) long USB cable and a much shorter antenna cable).
One thing to be aware of is that some NICs require a PCI 2.2 complaint motherboard. Most PCI motherboards are, but some very early ones are not. Check your manual before buying!
Version 2 (old) modified Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:49:29 +0000 by tyson
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