Workstations manufactured in the 1990s and early 2000s, before Wi-Fi became prevalent, often lack wireless networking cards or adapters that enable a computer to detect and interpret Wi-Fi signals.

USB wireless adapters for laptops offer a means of connecting your laptop to the internet when the laptop itself does not have an internal Wi-Fi connection or the existing internal hardware is broken.

Trendnet's AC1200 Dual Band Wireless USB Adapter is the companion pre-draft 11ac adapter to Trendnet's excellent AC1750 Dual Band Wireless Router (TEW-812DRU). Unfortunately, the dual-band adapter ...