External wifi card

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January 22, 2022&nbsp;I want to connect my HP PC to my Visio TV. My computer does not have a wifi card. Microsoft has a utility that will connect my PC to my TV if I can connect the PC and TV to the same wifi network. I am told that I need an external wifi card for PC with a USB connector to do that. Does Netgear have such a piece of hardware that will allow me to view computer programs, music, etc on my TV? If so, what's it called and what is the cost?&nbsp;Thanks for your help.&nbsp;Raysmithave@aol.com&nbsp;

plemans · Answer

what visio tv is it? is it a smart tv?&nbsp;
Some computers could screen share but i haven't found it that reliable.&nbsp;
You could try something simple like putting plex on your computer and tv.&nbsp;

smithave · Answer

The TV is a smart TV. It is connected to WiFi. Is what I need called an EXTERNAL WIFI CARD or a USB WIFI ADAPTOR?

michaelkenward · Answer

smithave&nbsp;wrote:
The TV is a smart TV. It is connected to WiFi. Is what I need called an EXTERNAL WIFI CARD or a USB WIFI ADAPTOR?

What are you trying to do?
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Connect a PC to the TV by wifi?
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And what do you want that connection to do? It takes more than a&nbsp;connection to view computer programs, music, etc on a TV. Yiur TV&nbsp; has to have the&nbsp;software needed to make the connection and play the files.
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You say "Microsoft has a utility that will connect my PC to my TV". What would that be?
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As plemans says,&nbsp; screen&nbsp;sharing is&nbsp;not reliable. It is also a pig to set up in my experience.
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I don't know what you mean by EXTERNAL WIFI CARD. Everything I can find suggests that it is the same thing as a USB wifi adapter. After all this "external card" has to connect to the PC some how. That usually means USB.
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The normal way t connect a TV and a PC is through a router. You can then use either wifi or wired Ethernet (LAN) to make the connection. In my case, because the TV doesn't move around the place I prefer LAN because it is easier to set up and less&nbsp;liable to fall over.
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A good way of&nbsp;doing&nbsp;this is&nbsp;with Powerline Ethernet. This turns the mains circuit into a LAN link.
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plemans · Answer

smithave&nbsp;wrote:
The TV is a smart TV. It is connected to WiFi. Is what I need called an EXTERNAL WIFI CARD or a USB WIFI ADAPTOR?

that isn't necessarily going to work.&nbsp;
If you're trying to get videos/photos from a laptop to your tv, you could install a media server like Plex or Emby to your laptop and the app on your tv. Tends to be a bit more reliable than try to rig adapters that might not work

smithave · Answer

Thanks for your response. I am not electronically savy so I don't understand some of the terms y'all use.&nbsp;Here's where I am. I bought a Netgear AC100 Wifi USB adaptor to provide wifi capability to my 10 year old computer--no internal wifi card. A Netgear tech--after hours of back-and forth--could not get the computer to link to my Vizio smart TV. I get a message on my computer&nbsp; that it does have "miracast" capability. The Netgear tech said the same thing. I tried to download Miracast from thier site. Got a messagethat said&nbsp; I could not do so--not compatible.&nbsp;&nbsp;I went to Google Chrome and tried the CAST option--that didn't work.&nbsp;I treid the Microsoft Action Center option--PROJECT, CONNECT, etc.--that didn't work.&nbsp;The TV is linked to a wifi network. The computer says that it is linked to same wifi network. What do I need to do to link the TV to the PC desktop wirelessly so that what I see on the computer can be seen on the TV? (The two devices are too far apart to link with a cable.)&nbsp;Thanks so much for your&nbsp; help. Sorry to be so uninformed.&nbsp;Ray Strobosmithave@aol.com&nbsp;

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