# Wireless Laptop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-laptop/289610>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-laptop/289610 "2005-02-11T17:15:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AsecretK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@AsecretK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AsecretK)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-laptop/289610/1 "2005-02-11T17:15:41Z")

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If a laptop has this Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 802.11B/G WLAN built in does that mean that a seperate USB wireless adaptor is not needed?

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**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-laptop/289610/2 "2005-02-11T17:27:22Z")

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802.11b/g is what 99% of people mean when they say wireless for PCs. So do not need a separate adapter unless you have some other wireless protcol which is unlikely.

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**Author:** ![AsecretK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@AsecretK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AsecretK)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-laptop/289610/3 "2005-02-11T17:32:22Z")

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Thank You 🙂