I just got a laptop and want to surf the net
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Dec 9, 2008 at 10:55 AM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Dec 10, 2008 at 01:18 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Dec 10, 2008 at 01:18 PM
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TheParoxysm
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Dec 9, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Dec 9, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Wireless is just like any other connection medium. You have to have two sides to it. In order to connect to your father's connection, regardless of his ISP, you will need to hook his incoming internet connection into a wireless router, then hook his PC up to the router for internet connectivity for him. Then you can connect wirelessly to his router for internet.
OR you could (if he didn't mind a decent drain on both his processing and internet speed) put a wireless card in his computer and connect to his wireless card directly and use his connection. But that is difficult and for most people requires special software.
The other wireless networks you are seeing are people's Secured wireless routers. They don't want random people stealing their internet so they put passwords on it, thus locking you out.
I suggest you get the wireless router and make sure to set up a password, unless you want college kids chilling around your house/apartment leeching your internet.
All in all you don't have to do anything to his PC. Just take the ethernet cable coming from his ISP and plug it into the incoming connection port on the router and plug his into any of the outgoing connections. He will automatically connect to the internet. Then you can connect to the router and will automatically connect to the network.
(bonus: you can share files and such this way once you're networked with other computers)
OR you could (if he didn't mind a decent drain on both his processing and internet speed) put a wireless card in his computer and connect to his wireless card directly and use his connection. But that is difficult and for most people requires special software.
The other wireless networks you are seeing are people's Secured wireless routers. They don't want random people stealing their internet so they put passwords on it, thus locking you out.
I suggest you get the wireless router and make sure to set up a password, unless you want college kids chilling around your house/apartment leeching your internet.
All in all you don't have to do anything to his PC. Just take the ethernet cable coming from his ISP and plug it into the incoming connection port on the router and plug his into any of the outgoing connections. He will automatically connect to the internet. Then you can connect to the router and will automatically connect to the network.
(bonus: you can share files and such this way once you're networked with other computers)
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Dec 9, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Dec 9, 2008 at 11:45 AM
you need to buy a wireless gateway/router - remove your Dad's PC from the dish network box plug the router into the dish network box and your Dad's PC into the router - setup your network from your Dad's PC using the instructions that came with the wireless router. Then connect to your new wireless network from your laptop. Easy as PIE - shouldn't tkae more than a week or two to get it right.
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Dec 9, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Dec 9, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Seeing as it works right out of the box I hope it doesn't take a week.
Dec 10, 2008 at 11:09 AM
BRAND NEW! Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G
found this on e-bay if I buy this is it all I need to buy to set up internet on laptop? Or is there a certain kind I need, or recomended? Some were ten dollars others hundreds of dollars and they all looked the same, I don't want to get stuck with item I can't use. Or that takes a lot of work!
Dec 10, 2008 at 01:18 PM