I just put a wifi card on my laptop. How do I use this to access the web? I have been able to link with a few networks but can't seem to get to the internet. I don't have an ISP on my laptop at this time. Do I need to have one?
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WiFi will connect two computers just like a cable would. But if neither has net access, then neither can get on the net. Try taking your laptop to a "FREE WIRELESS" cafe and play with it. \n\nIf you're at home, you'll only be able to steal someone else's internet if they leave the door open to you. You may have to get an ISP service in that case.
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its very simple, keep your network cables connected to the router and your computer.\n\n >now on your wired computer > open your web-browser \n > on the address bar type 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 to access\n    your router, if it aske you for a username and a password\n >type in: WRT54G(for username) & admin(for password) this is \n   case sensitive.\n\n >once you got in, on the Setup>Basic Setup, enable the DHCP   \n   setting.\n\n to enable wireless network:\n\n >on the wireless>basic wireless settings tab, hit the reset \n    security settings\n >move to the wireless security settings tab and disable the \n   security mode, although i dont recommend this disabled for \n   a long time someone might be access your wireless network\n   and mess up your files, try to learn how to work with security\n   modes such as WEP and WPA Personal to secure your    \n   wireless network.\n\ni dont know anybook about networking, but if you go to http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=144 and purchase a copy of this video, it covers a whole lot of things about basic networking and security and $70.00 is not bad. i highly recommend this video. it has a few sample videos you could watch, check it out and you might like it.
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G'day,\n\nUnfortunately you did not mention the brand and model of the laptop.\n\nTry these 3 steps:\n1. Check the network properties (Start-Settings-Control Panel - Network Connections).  Find your wireless network card icon, right-click and select Enable.  If you cannot find the wireless network card icon, it means that either the laptop does not supplied with one, or the driver is not installed (in this case, install the driver).\n2. If step 1 does not make it on, check your laptop casing.  It may have a switch to turn the connection on or off manually.  Switch it on.\n3. You need to check the laptop documentation.  Most laptops come with the network connection management software and this software may give you problems in enabling the wireless connection.\n\nHope this helps.  Good Luck!
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Not without administrative rights. Your activity for troubleshooting is limited otherwise.I'm more than sure that laptop is capable of connecting to that router. Have you tried hard wiring yourself to that router. If it connects that way its your wireless. If your bound for wireless use then You can try this, click start, run and type in cmd\nipconfig /release\nipconfig /renew\n\nSee if your nic card is possibly holding a ip address from another network. Does any of your friends have a laptop you can test with. See if theirs will connect to it. I was wondering about the limit on how many ip's that router is set to give out. That could also be a problem. Is there any other computers in your house that are wireless. If so i'd check the settings on the distribution of ip's.Otherwise any of my other suggestions won't work since you have no rights.
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You need to have what they call a wireless capable Network card. With the wireless capable card and the software that goes with it, you can have the Wireless Internet access.\n\nYou need to find out which model of Wireless card you have. You can refer to the manual or call the laptop company to find out what model of card you have. You can go from there.\n\nHope this answer was helpful and please leave me a feedback.\nThanks,\n\nGuru
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linksys wireless router and if your laptop is not equipped a linksys wireless card http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1428
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this is just the way the computer laptop connect to the internet.  this is a wireless laptop that can use any wireless connection.  the connection can be  one  from a home, school, the library or a coffee shop.\n\nI have one and right now I am at home, but I take it to school and the llibrary where they have wireless connections I can use to connect my laptop to the internet
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There should be an icon on the right bottom corner that has a bubble that pops up when it detects wireless internet. Apparently your computer has a built-in wireless card so it should pick up signal. It is probably turned off, you can turn it on by going to the bottom right corner and looking for the icon with the little signal bars (sort of like on ur cellphone). Right click it and see what the status is, you might be getting low connectivity that does not allow you to connect. If it's not on, turn it on (enable). Your internet should work, it might not the first couple of times you open internet explorer (or whatever browser you use), but it will. Try it out at a library, coffee shop, or any place that offers free wi-fi.\nHope this helps
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ok, so the laptop itself is ready to go: \n\nNetworking: Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802, IEEE 802.11g\n\n802.11X means that it has a wireless card installed, so you dont need to buy one of those.  \n\nPRINTER:\nto connect to a printer usually requires a usb connection (not wireless), but again, go and buy a printer and look to see if it says something about 802.11x (where x = a,b,c,d...z).  you'll probably have a hard time finding something like that, but in any case, printers come with 'quick start guides', and your laptop is modern enough that you shouldnt have to worry about compatibility- just pick a printer.\n\nINTERNET: \nnow you have to decide what service you want: dsl, cable, dial-up, cellular broadband?  Call your local phone company or any ISPs in your area and ask them about internet options.  the 2 main services are dsl and cable, and to install that is a snap.  the catch comes when you decide that you want that in wireless.  to get those to be wireless, 1) choose a service and buy it 2) go to your local tech store and buy a 'wireless router' and have that around when the service guy comes from the phone company to install the dsl/cable connection.  \n\n*note: wireless donotes 0 wires...through the air... closing your blinds only keeps your neighbors from seeing you change clothes, not from hopping on your wireless network.  READ THE MANUAL for the router and setup WEP or WPA encryption for your network.
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Having a wireless signal and IP does not necessarily mean that you should have internet connection. \n\nIn fact, you can have a wireless router at your house without even having a DSL or any sort of internet connection. all this will allow you to do is see your computers on the same network within your house (if you have multiple computers).\n\nTo address your problem there are a couple of things you can check. I'm going to assume that you have a DSL connection with a plan that has dynamic IP that is always connected. \n\n1- Make sure that your DSL modem connection is correct:\n  a- Check that your phone cord (RJ-11) is plugged in to your phone jack (in the wall), and into the phone input of your modem.\n  b- (if it's a DSL connection), ensure that you have installed the phone line filters on all other phones in your house (instructions are with your DSL modem package, and filters would be in that package as well)\n2- Ensure that your modem is turned on, and it has Data link, Sync  (And obviously ... power :) ) \n3- Ensure that you have your network cable going from your modem Data port (RJ-45) to your UPLINK on your router.  (sometimes this port is called : Internet on some routers.\n4- Check your router configuration to make sure that it's setup to grab the correct IP configuration from your ISP (internet service provider) . if it's a dynamic IP, all you have to do is setup your WAN setting on your router to DHCP , and it'll do the rest. if you have a STATIC IP, then you probably have to look at the instructions that your ISP sent you when you signed for IP, Gateway and DNS information. \n5- If you are already on the wireless network, you can verify by check your laptop IP. sometime your link says that it's connected, but your IP will something like that 169.254.1.1 , etc ... that's not a real IP, and therefore will not allow you to connect to the internet. \nIf you left your settings on default on your router, most routers have an IP similar to this: 192.168.1.x \nso your laptop should have an IP that is in the same format, the last number would be anywhere from 2 to 254.\n\nYou can check your laptop IP by going to start /run ... and type cmd, and press enter, then on the command prompt, type: ipconfig and press enter. \n\nThese are basic steps to troubleshooting. Please feel free to email me if you're having more issues, or your issue is not addressed in these instructions.
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The wireless card in your laptop needs software from it's manufacturer to connect. What Windows is telling you is that the built in zero configuration wireless utility in Windows XP doesn't work with the card you are using. Get another card, or download the right software for the card you have from the manufacturer's website.
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If your desktop and/or laptops have wifi receivers then you can use them anywhere in the house that gets the signal. You can purchase USB wifi adapters too. I use a USB one all the time for computers I am building that need to go online, I don't have to hook up any wires.
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Park outside of my house; everybody else does.\n\nSeriously, you can look for internet hotspots.  That would be a business (coffee shops are good for this) that has  a wireless router. \n\nIf your laptop finds an access point, but can't get an IP address it could be the router you're trying to access has already given out its quota of addresses. My wireless router will give out 10 IP addresses and that's it.
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if u have dsl get a \n\n1.dsl router \n2. plug the phone line to that \n3. plug a Ethernet cable into the wireless router \n4.  get onto your PC\n5. click on the symbol of a computer with 3 lines coming form the right \n6.click search for wireless networks first icon on the left and u should see a name and 5 little bars on the bottom and it should be at 4 or 5 green bars if u are close \n7.click connect and u are there\n\nif u have cable do the same thing but don't do step 1&2 just plug strait to the wifi router
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Yes you need to hook the router up to a computer  For you to share it your notebook with your PC then you need to hook your PC to the router through it's own network card.\n\nOn my system I use a Linksys Router that feeds to via a wire to my PC and its network card then than with a wireless card to my notebook.  I run my cable broadband access into my router so I can use it on my notebook or my PC.\n\nYou can get a wireless or wired network.  The first item you need is a Router.  You connect the main incoming Internet line to that machine.  The router will know how to keep the two signals from interfering with each other.\n\nThen you need a network card for each machine.  These cards talk with the router, and through it the modem, and then the Internet.  If you buy a wireless router then you will be paying more for that.  You will also need wireless cards to get the wireless benefit.  A wireless network is good if you have a portable machine (notebook) or if you don’t want to feed wires all over your house.  I use a wireless network and a wireless card for my notebook, and then I use a wire and wired card to connect my PC, since I don’t move it around.  I placed the modem near the PC to keep the wire short.  So it is possible to mix a wired connection and a wireless connection if you buy a wireless router.  I use a Linksys system with Linksys cards.  For the best performance I would make sure that my cards and router are from the same company.  (Linksys.com--routers:  http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115417027773&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FvisitorWrapper) (Linksys downloads:  http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Content_C1%26cid%3D1115416835852%26site%3DUS&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FvisitorWrapper)\n\nThick walls, like brick or concrete blocks, can block a wireless connection but the signal can still get through the walls (or the windows) and be received outside the house.  If this happens then it is possible for someone to hitch hike on your network and get free network access.  If you have a wireless router than it might be wise to get a firewall program to prevent people from entering your machine.  With a wired connection you system will be more secure, but you sacrifice the portability.  If you live in a residential area then few network hounds will try to steal your broadband connection.  I use Zone Alarm, which includes Cookie control and anti-spyware software.  It costs $40 per year (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_zap.jsp;jsessionid=EuaAEjwOb8Z3Czd62TO1PO38fnQ0zqVFQd5S8NLKVTzzeq3rakI8!1792791820!-1062696904!7551!7552!NONE?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en)\n\nInstall the cards in the computers.  With a notebook computer you can put the network card inside one of the slots on the computer, you don’t have to take it apart.  For a PC you have to take off the cover and plug in the new network card.\n\nThen go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network and Dial up Connections > Make new Connection.  Then follow the wizard.  If a driver is required then it will be included with the router, but usually they don’t need drivers.\n\nIf this is beginning to sound too complicated then you should get a computer pro to do it for you.  Best Buy offers the Geek Squad who will come out to your home to set things up, but it will cost more.  It is the best option though.  If you can bring both computers, cards, and router to a dealer then you can set the network up there, in their shop.  Then when you come home you can connect the network router to your modem.  This should work, but I can’t guarantee it.\n\nYou can buy the equipment on-line or buy it through eBay, but you will have to set up the Network yourself.  If you go to a computer store and purchase the equipment there then the salesman can give you advice on which system to buy and some hints on how to set it up.  It would be
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To use wireless, your computers need to be wireless too. Or you can just connect your ISP to the wireless router and use it as a normal router and connect your computers to it using an ethernet adapter.\n\nYour router should have come with an install CD. You need to setup your router to connect with your ISP first. The steps on CD is pretty self-explanatory. Set it up first to your ISP, then you can connect your other computers to it. If you have a wireless WIFI laptop, then it should detect it automatically after setup. If you have a wireless desktop, it too should detect it. If you want to use a connector, then you need an ethernet adapter to connect from your PC to the router. I am not sure if your belking router has a USB port in the back, but normally they have ethernet ports.\n\nIf you need more help, just contact me through my profile.
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Best way? Get a router. If your laptop is wireless ready get a wireless router. If not, either get a wireless card for the laptop or buy a wired router. Wired routers are cheap! You can also buy a special usb cable to do this but its a pain, the cable will cost as much as a wired router, it uses internet connection sharing which is not worth a hoot and will slow you down and by the time you get done fighting with it to get it to work you would have been money ahead to go with the router.