Can you connect a dial-up connection to a wireless router so that you have wireless on your laptop?
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configuration possible thru another computer with modem, practically you will end up with a snail connection that is even for mail checking because of loss of bandwidth on already slow connection thru wireless setting, and you will have a lot of networking problem afterwards to keep a happy customer.
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Wait... I'm a bit confused. Do you want to use wireless internet, or use your cell phone for dial up internet? For the first, wireless internet, you need a broadband service provider, a wireless router, and a wireless card for your pc. For the second, using your cell phone for dialup you need... oh hell I know there's a way to do this, but I only know it works with laptops, not pcs. It's complicated, but this site can explain, for laptops, anyhow: http://www.bmyers.com/public/938.cfm?sd=30 For a pc... honestly it would just be easier to get a phone jack installed in the basement.
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No - you can't.  I think your talking about a modem, and not a router.  Was it provided by your Internet Porvider?  If so it's a modem and you cant use both connections.  Even if you could, your ISP would charge you for hooking up an extra PC that way.\n\nHOWEVER - What you can do -- is if one of the PC's has a network card and USB (the new laptop, should definitely have that) and its got windows XP, you can share the internet connection.  Hook the modem to PC1 with USB -- then rightclick "my network places" click properties.  You will see a list of networking devices on your PC -- right click the one that represent your modem hooked in with USB, and click properties.  In the window that pops up, click the "advaced" tab.  You will see a check box that says "share my internet connection" - click that and the wizard will lead you through setting that up.  \n\nThen use an ethernet cable to hook the PC's together, and viola.  This way your ISP will also never know about the other computer, cause it only ever "see's" the first one. \n\nWhen hooking the PCs together with ethernet cable -- it is important that it is a "crossover" cable and NOT a "patch" cable.  The ether net cable that came with your modem is a "patch" cable so you cant use it.  Most likely you will have to buy one.  \n\n(the other solution, is to buy an actualy router -- if your getting a new laptop -- it might be wise to buy a wireless router.  If you use a router (modem hooks to router -- router hooks to PC's)  your ISP will also never know that more than one PC has access.\n\n\nIf it is an actual router, then yes you can use both.  Note -- if it is an actual router it will have more than on ethernet port.  Virtually ALL consumer routers have 4 ethernet ports.   Since you said "So, THE ethernet port is free...", is the reason I am thinking you mean a cable or DSL modem
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Wireless Networks\nWhat I know\n\nBegin with the high speed DSL or cable service.  As far as I know, wireless networks would need one of these, although it is not certain that a simple wireless network needs a dedicated line; it might work with a dial-up but configuring the wireless router might be impossible since it seems to depend of internet access to do so.\nAssuming broadband is available, the next step would be to install a wireless router, such as a Linksys WRT54G, a device capable of speeds up to 54 Mbs.  The device itself has an internet-like address of 192.168.1.1 and each device attached to or accessing it has an address which converts the last digit to the form 100 or 101 and so forth.  Thus, a laptop with a wireless card might be address 192.168.1.101.     One can access and configure a Linksys router by entering the address 192.168.1.1 into a web browser and is immediately presented the configuration screen. The person doing the configuration change must have the user name and password originally entered at the time the device was installed, assuming the person installing it changed the default factory user name and password.  The Linksys router is installed by first attaching your main computer to the DSL or cable modem, then using the supplied software on the CD accompanying the router, following the steps as directed on the installation CD.  It directs you to attach an Ethernet cable from your computer to the modem, either DSL or cable, then arranging the wires from wall outlet or TV cable to the modem, then from the modem to the router, plugging cables into the jacks as shown.  If one follows this set of instructions, internet access is immediately available through the router.\nA simple wireless network need not be entirely wireless. One or more computers can be wired to the router, usually up to a limit of four, plus other wireless devices.  The Linksys routers are limited to 253 devices and defaulted to 50 total devices, but realistically it is not likely anyone would attach that many to a network.  My original configuration had the desktop wired to the router via Cat 5 ethernet cable and the laptop using a wireless card.  Later I installed a Netgear  USB adapter to the desktop and converted it to wireless.  The advantage of attaching the “main” computer by cable is that the speed is much faster, around 100 Mbs compared to 54 using wireless, although Netgear makes a wireless router capable of 100 Mbs.This higher speed would be an advantage when two devices on the network are exchanging files or accessing a shared printer.\nHaving installed the router, the next step is installing or inserting a wireless adapter in each computer.  This usually implies installing drivers and/or utilities supplied with the device on a CD.  If the main computer is wired to the router, it is only necessary to attach the Cat 5 cable from the back of the computer to one of the available ports on the router.  The computer must have an Ethernet (RJ45) port built in or a network card installed to do this.  At this point, no network exists, but internet access at each computer, wireless or wired,  normally comes on automatically with little trouble by the user.\nNow for setting up a true network.  Assuming each computer is running Windows XP, the next step is allowing Windows to create the network.   On each computer it is necessary to go to the Control Panel and select Network Connections, then select Network Setup Wizard. Windows will construct the network using the names of the computers involved and the name of the network which you gave the wireless router.  Simply follow the windows presented making sure you know the name you have given to that computer and the name you gave the network when you installed the router.   Where are the names to be found?  The computer name is located internally and is accessed by going to the Control Panel and selecting System.  A tab is labeled Computer Name and it also has the workgroup name
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Yes.. Get a wireless router, plugged from your WIRED router into the WAN port of the Wireless router, make sure that the WIRELESS router is pointing to your WIRED router as the gateway, and ALSO make sure the Internal IP addresses are different. Also, get a wireless NIC card. That's it :)
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Simply attaching a wireless adapter to the computer will not suffice.  Somewhere near you, in your home, in your office, in an internet cafe or restaurant or libary, must be a wireless access point connected to the internet for you laptop wireless to communicate with.  If you don't have one of these, then you must buy one and connect it to the internet.\n\nSee your wireless owner's manual for information on how to configure this.
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You can get a wireless router. The cable that goes from your DSL modem to your desktop computer will plug into the wireless router instead. The desktop computer will plug into the router and the router will send a signal out that your laptop can use to get online with the DSL. You may or may not need an additional wireless card added to the laptop to be able to do this. \n\nWireless routers should be setup with encryption, so not just anyone can drive up around your house and hop onto your internet. (Neighbors are known to be curious and depending on their technical skills, they may be able to read your files.) I suggest taking your laptop to Best Buy, having the Geek Squad tell you if you need a wireless card or not (unless you know you have one already) and then help you get a wireless router. Linksys routers are probably the most common. I'd also recommend having the Geek Squad come out and set it up for you. They will setup the encryption too so no one else can get in.
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Disclaimer: Assuming that you know less about computers, i'm giving this suggestion. No offence in any regards to any one.\n--x--\ni really did not unerstand your question.\nAny way, my assumptions are:\n1. You have DSL at home.\n2. You have Dial Up at some other Location other than Home.\n3. You want to have Wireless Dial up on You laptop at this other location.\n\nSo, let us first eliminate the non-required part.\n1. Your home DSL is in no way near camper !.. so why even consider it\n\nComing to the part of Dial Up. The first thing you will need is a Stand Alone dial up modem. I hope you have that. And I assume that you know how to go online with that.\n\nThen, you will need a wireless router, preferable a 54 MBPS wireless router. (you mentioned that you have one!, if required use one like that or get another)\n\nThen, you will need a wireless card (PCI Card) on your laptop. I'm assuming that you have that. \n\nNow, connect the Dial Up modem and The router. Configure the router for wireless access using your Laptop through ethernet connection first. This is required because the wireless is not activated unless you activate it by providing the MAC address of the laptop wireless card. \n\n--x--\nOn a personal note: Dial Up -> wireless may be extremely slow!
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OK first, your router has nothing to do with a hotspot. A router turns your internet connection into a wireless connection..your own hotspot so to speak.\nYou either have a DSL or Cable Modem that connects to the phone line  or the cable line. From the modem, you run a network cable from that to the wireless router. If your laptop has built in wifi, you can pick up the signal from the router.\nSo in short, you can't install a router to pick up a signal, you need a pcmcia, usb or built in wifi on a laptop or a USB, PCI card for a desktop.
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Yes and no. If you want to connect to the internet, and do not have a wireless card, and a wireless signal available to it, Yes.\n\nIf you have a wireless card, and a signal is available, then No.
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get a rotour.\nand for your laptop get a wireless router.
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set-up wireless connection
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no, you need a wifi Access point, ie. a wifi router. \ngo to http://www.tigerdirect.com/
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Sure--this is easy, inexpensive, and will completely change the way you use the internet!\n\nSince you already have a wireless adapter for your laptop, the only thing you should need is a wireless router.  Before we get into the particulars, the only way to take advantage of a wireless network is if you have a broadband internet connection--like DSL or cable internet.  Otherwise, it just won't work.\n\nOn to routers.  You can find them at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City, as well as anyone selling computer accessories.  The best-known brands are D-Link, Linksys, and Belkin.  You should be able to buy one for $40-70 or maybe less with a rebate offer.\n\nSet-up is pretty simple.  You should follow the setup instructions, but you should just have to plug the router into a power outlet, and connect the Ethernet cable coming from your modem to the input on the router.  It should all be clearly labeled for you.\n\nThere will likely be some configuring that you will need to do, but it's easy, since the router software interface is accessed by your web browser.  One of the first things you will want to do is set up your router for encryption.  \n\nThere are a couple of different standards that are available--I think WPA is the newest and best.  In any event, you'll need to generate a "passphrase"--a random series of letters and numbers that you should save in a safe place.  You'll need to enter this passphrase in your wireless adapter utility software to connect to the router.  Once your adapter detects your network, it will walk you through connecting to it, including entering the passphrase.  You should be sure and save this connection as a "profile" so your utility will save the passphrase and make it easy to re-connect again.\n\nThat is really pretty much it.  The router should work without much attention.  You may need to occasionally reboot it, but I have little if any trouble with mine.  Remember too, that if you have or want additional computers to access the router that each computer will need its own wireless adapter as well.  USB adapters are a great choice for desktops or laptops, since they require no installation.\n\nEnjoy your new wireless network once you set it up!
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On your laptop? Just click on network connections and search for a network and then select one and connect. (It will not allow it if it has been password enabled)
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Your question is a bit obscure, but I'll have at it. \n\n=====\nWireless \n\nI'm presuming your laptop does not have WiFi builtin. It can be connected to the Internet through an Ethernet port or a USB port or ... if you have the right equipment. For instance, you can buy a USN WiFi adapter (most look a good bit like a thumb drive) whcih will connect to any access point it can reach. If it's not access protected, this might be enouhg. \n\nOr you can use Ethernet to connect to a WiFi radio, use that to connect to an Access Point and proceed. \n\nin either case, there will be issues about configuring your system for a network connection on USB or Ethernet. Usually, the installation utility for the USB WiFi adapter or the Ethernet adapter, should do this for you, especially if you're using Windows as it's the most popular opeating system by far. If you're using Linux or one of the Mac operating systems, your harware maker might not support Linux. And it's possible the Linux mavens haven't yet gotten around to reverse engineering that particular piece of hardware and making a Linux driver for it. \n\n\nNow let's consider the case of a wireless router. Your laptop connects to it via Ethernet cable. Assume that's a good connection. your next question will be how to connect to a WiFi network within reach. Will it work?\n\n802.11 a/b/g/n all allow several kinds of connections. The client mode can connect to an access point, an access point can connect to several clients (typically 3 or 4, except for odd antenna arrangements), or one client can connect to one other client. \n\nIf your router is set up as an 'access point', it can only connect (except in rare cases) to a client, and can't ask the client to connect. If your router is set to 'client mode', it can ask any reachable access point to allow a connection. Access points broadcast beason signals telling clients who and what they are (unless the beason is defeated in some security modes, in which case the client wanting to connect must know the access point's information). \n\n=====\nDSL\n\nIf your laptop is connected to the router via Ethernet, and the DSL adapter is connected to the router via Ethernet, and both connections are suited to the ports (speed, duplex, crossover/no crossover, ...), you are likely to have success. You will probably have to know the IP addresses of the devices, and properly configure them, but that should be enough. \n\nThe router should have a way to defeat the wireless radio in it, as you may not want others to connect to the Internet via the router. Check the router documentatin for its control interface where this sort of thing should be covered.\n\nIf you want to use the router to provide a wireless connection to the Ethernet connected to the Internet (via  DSL), you should need only to make sure the router is in access point mode, and the radio enabled. If you don't require encryption for connecting clients, anyone who can hear the router's wireless beason breadcast should be able to use the DSL Internet connection.\n\nBut, there is considerable variation in the configuration methods and flexibility between routers from various vendors. You should certainly read the manual(s) and check the vendors' Web sites for additional material.
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Assuming the dial up one is running Microsoft Windows, you simply need to connect the two computers together and "share the internet connection" (You can do it with non-Windows also, but the terminology is different)\n\nThere are a number of ways to connect the two computers together, depending on the computers, starting out with free and moving up to 20 or 50 dollars. So:\n\nIf both computers have bluetooth, they can communicate with each other that way using the "Bluetooth Networking" icons in the Network Connections folder.\n\nIf both computers have standard wireless WiFi 802.11 networking, they can communicate with each over an "ad hoc" network (instead of the normal infrastructure mode)\n\nIf both computers have ethernet adapters, you can network them together that way. Computers built in the last few years simply need a standard ehternet cable to connect together. Older models will need a "crossover" cable which is cheap, but you're unlikely to already have one and you'd have to find it. (or, you could use a "hub" or a "switch" to plug them both into.)\n\nIf both computers have Firewire, they can connect together just by plugging together. Parallel ports can also be wired together, serial ports... it's getting a little esoteric here.\n\nIn all of the above cases, You need to establish a network between the two computers, and configure it in the Network Connections folder (tell both the computers to get IP address automatically). Then (for Windows XP) you find the dialup icon in that same folder and you right click, select "Properties" and then choose the "Advanced" tab, and click "share this internet connection" and choose the appropriate connection based on whichever one you picked from the above. Doing this will cause the primary dial up computers network connect to change from being "obtain IP address automatically" to being 192.168.0.1 and also a DHCP server, which is where the other will automatically get its address from....\n\nbelieve it or not, it's all very simple you and you have it going in 5 minutes... but there are a number of steps and it's easy to get confuse and screw it up if you don't really know what you are doing... good luck. I think I've given you enough that you could search the internet for the info you need.