If you don't move the desktop around the house (why would you with a laptop) you should go wired into the router for the desktop. The majority of the dongles are not very good so if you want to go wireless you would be better off buying an internal wireless card for the desktop. Try and buy the version recommended by netgear.
I found that the netgear routers work better with their own software, as opposed to just using the windows zero configuration wizard, so make sure you run the netgear disc in both machines and when you scan the network area avoid picking the same channel as you neighbour, especially businesses. |