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I have a desktop computer with Windows 7 and I recently purchased a Logitech wireless keyboard that has an "Unifying" transceiver. Can I use it to get Internet on my desktop by connecting to my home router?

and31415
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Jeremey
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    Related: [Can a wireless keyboard mouse work with laptop's wifi rather than inserting its own usb stick?](http://superuser.com/questions/749267/) – and31415 May 26 '14 at 15:20

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No you cannot - short direct answer.

More of the technicality of why it cannot - Most wireless keyboards / mice use 2.4 GHz radio frequency for all their wireless communication. Though Wifi technically uses the same 2.4 GHz frequency but the signals confirm to one of the set IEEE standards such as 802.11b/g/n.

So, while the wireless trans-receiver can technically receive the signal but due to the way it's hardware will be built, it will ignore any of the Wifi signals.

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The answer for your question is no. Logitech's unifying transceiver is used to connect the logitech's unifying devices like mice and keyboards and you can't use the same for your desktops internet connection.

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Of course NOT!

This question is like "can I use a Bluetooth receiver to connect a WiFi router"!

Logitech's "Uniflying" receiver uses Logitech's own protocol of wireless communication, leading it acts in a different way from WiFi. So obviously you can NOT use "Uniflying" receiver to connect your WiFi router because they are just incompatible with each other!

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    If it was so obvious to the OP, then he wouldn't have asked. Naming something "unifying" makes one wonder what is included in this unification. – PlasmaHH May 26 '14 at 10:40