A USB flash drive can be used as a dongle for wireless LAN.
Computers without built-in wireless cards can use an external device as a dongle to provide connection to the Internet. The dongle for a wireless LAN device, based on Ralink RT73 chipset, is a USB hardware extension installed to the Windows operating system. The RT73 driver must be installed and configured to provide the network connection. It will allow a flash drive inserted into your computer's USB port to act as a dongle for the wireless LAN.
Instructions
1. Download the Ralink RT73 driver from the Softpedia website (see Resources, "readme.txt" file in self-extracted ZIP file).
2. Connect the RT73-based USB Wireless LAN dongle to a USB port of your computer.
3. Select the "No" option in the "Found New Hardware Wizard" window and click the "Next" button.
4. Select the "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" option and click the "Next" button to install the RT73 driver.
5. Click the "Finish" button to complete installation of the USB flash drive dongle for a RT73 wireless LAN.
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