Re: Wireless Internet Connection?
- From: Zack <dimcoviz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:15:59 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 14, 4:14 pm, Charliec <charl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm looking to get a Wireless Internet Connection (Card or something)
for my laptop when I travel. I see people using some sort of card(s)
quite a bit, but do not know much about them, so am looking for some
insights/thoughts/recommendations.
I have a Inspiron E1505 laptop that I connect to DSL at home via a
local network using a Linksys 4-Port Router. When I travel, in most
cases, I have to use dial-up to get connected and you know how slow
that can be.
So, what type of WI-FI Card (I think that is what they are called) can
I use with my laptop? Do I have to have a special ISP connection to
use it? If so, what are approximate costs?
As you can see, I'm fairly new in this area and am looking for a bit
of information to point me in the right direction.
Thanks for any insights.
Charlie
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Charliec
Charlie,
You mentioned ISP a couple of times: say you're in a hotel,
and you connect via your wireless card -- you are provided
the service by them, they connect you to Internet; so you do
not need an ISP. The same with other public places (that
'have' -- provide -- wireless connection).
If you have the card in your computer, it would be strange
that you don't know this: some lights come up, the system
reports connections when there are any around (on its own).
Unless the card is turned off. Tom mentioned a hardware
switch that you may have; on my Insipiron 6400 you press
Fn-F2 (keys Fn and F2 at the same time), and this turns it
on or off, it toggles it. Look at your Function keys (the top
row of keys): one has an icon with a 'radiating tower;' that's
it, that toggles the card (pressed with Fn key). As far as I
can tell, the last configuration is remembered; so once you
turn it off, the next time the system will boot with it off, until
you turn it on again.
So I would say: check the Device Manager as Tom says,
then try for the switch or Fn-F2; then just walk into the first
Starbucks, and it should come up with a list of avaiable
connections when you boot. (There are probably some
right around your house, from neighbors, too. If the card
is in the computer, and turned on, it will bug you asking
you whether to connect.)
Hope this helps.
.
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