Do you have to have a NIC in order to connect to wifi. If so how do you install it.
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The PC I just received (Aug 6, 2014) came with WIFI built in, but yes you could add a NIC if you really wanted. The video card takes up one of the two available expansion slots, so you only have 1 slot available for expansion. I would recommend a USB WIFI device IF yours does not have wifi.
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Mine does not have wi-fi built in. There is an ethernet card for a wired connection but you would probably need to add wi-fi.
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you need the internet. additionally,i never could get it set up without being able to hard wire it to a router before using it wirelessly. which made it useless for my situation.(no access to router, just a wireless signal.
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No, you would have to buy and add a wireless network card. This can be a PCI ( internal ) or USB ( external ) type of wireless network card
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You will need an Ethernet cable to connect to your router. This will make you system connected to your wireless network.
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just install it like a modem and connect it to your router. You will need your modem password from your ISP company.
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No wifi built in. You will have to run an ethernet line from this modem to a wifi unit which is what I have done, or you can run a line directly into your computer if it is a desktop.
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You must use a LAN cable out of the box. To add wireless internet you must buy a separate adaptor.
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I didn't need a network card, and mine connects to the Internet. There is an ethernet port, as you can see.
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Just plug in the included wifi adapter and connect to your router. Very easy.
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I'm not really sure what your question is. The unit comes with a built in Wi-Fi connection or you can buy a ethernet to USB adapter and connected to the Internet that way. I hope that answers your question.
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There were 3 items in device manager that I HAD to install from the cd. First was the LAN drivers which without I couldn't even connect to the internet (I have a LAN cable into a wireless receiver). After that it was the SM Bus (?) and the Wifi (I think, it showed up as yellow ? with the name 'network connection' or something in device manager). I tried downloading from the Asus driver section for the board but no joy, had to use the cd.
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This is only a modem. If you need to connect to the internet over wifi, you need to connect the modem to a router that supports wifi.
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No built-in wifi, you'll need either a PCI card or USB dongle if you want WiFi.
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I didn't need an app to make the wifi work. I just went to the settings and cut it on and connected it to my wifi...
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Thank you all for your responses. One last question I have is ifIt wirelessly connect to my router, or do I need to run an Ethernet wire from this to my router?
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All the info on the Mini I've read/learned from my own installation indicate that you cannot use WiFi for a mini. You need either a wired Ethernet connection or coax.