Going on a trip. How do I access internet from my laptop? Can I just plug in a phone line?
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Not! You either need to sign up for a wireless service or pick yourself up a wifi sniffer and connect when you get the chance!
822306
DSL internet, yes\nDial up, NO\nCable Internet, Yes
141504
Well assuming you only want the "easiest" way to access the internet, I'd say if you had broadband, just plug in the Cat 5 Cable into the Networking card slot, or if you connect using a modem to just connect the phone line to your modem and dial away.
90434
Get internet access at home.
360493
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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You could open up IE-the browser and go to tool menu at the top. Then select Internet options and then go to the COnnection tab. In case you already have a connection set up, simply highlight that and go to properties. There at the bottom,click on Advanced and you get a place to type the ISP's telephone number. \n       In case you have NOT setup the Dial up connection, then contact your local ISP and get the settings and then from IE, going to Tool and Internet Options, Connections tab, you need to select Setup at the top right corner of the screen. You shall get a wizard and you need to foolow the instructions mentioned and choose the required fields and type the information given to you by your ISP. That should do it!!!
80164
To use a laptop in a car, no additional service is needed. Just turn it on. To keep the battery charged, you can use an inverter connected to lighter outlet. In order to access the internet from a car you will need a wireless service provider. Verizon offers a service that will work (somewhat) while you are moving, but it is costly and pretty slow outside major metro area. If you are willing to just use hotspots, many of the chain truck stops offer wifi for a fee. Of course, you could just park in front of a coffee shop offering free wireles access.
240442
I'll burn the internet onto a disc and send you a copy.\n\nOr perhaps you can get an "air card" for wireless internet access within your ISP's service area.
36133
You shoud ask the hotspot provider. They can tell you weather you need a user login or a pcmcia card or both. If your computer is not wireless already you will also need a wireless pcmcia card. You DO NOT router, this only if you are setting up your own internet with multiple computers at home.
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So you've got a Pocket PC and can't figure how to use the internet on it? \n\nA Pocket PC is WiFi not netzero, dialup, cables... it's wireless internet.\n\nI've had a Pocket PC about a year now. You need to be looking for hotspots... FREE INTERNET!!! (Sometimes you have to ask for a WEP key if that's what your Pocket PC is asking for, just ask the receptionist. They know what you are asking for). You'll find hotspots more and more. Motel lobbies, some coffee shops, just look around for signs that say "Wireless Internet."\n\nWith a Pocket PC you can troll for hotspots. Go into an apartment building where a lot of 30 somethings live. Your Pocket PC will discover all the access points in range. Most will probably be secured, but a few won't. I've found internet access often this way. I've even cruzed neighborhoods trolling for unsecured internet connections to glom onto.
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You cant convert a phone line slot into an ethernet one.\nYour laptop seriously doesn't have a e-slot? wow it must be old...\nOne way is to buy a wireless router so that you can wirelessly connect..the other is to buy a pcmcia card.\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_slc.asp?CatId=588
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Get DSL or Cable modem service, whichever is in your area.  Or get two phone lines if you HAVE to use a dial-up modem (you have my sympathy if that's the case).\n\nOr even more simply, get a cell phone and dedicate your phone line at home to the internet connection.
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Wireless internet is just a connection to the net via radio signal rather than a hard wire - pretty much the same thing as a cell phone's connection to the telephone network. \n\nYou'll need a wireless card - it plugs into the side or back of your laptop - that will "talk" to the internet for you. You can get one at Radio Shack, any computer store, any truck stop, or even on eBay. \n\nOnce you have the wireless card plugged in and set up, you'll be able to connect to the internet whenever you're within range of a "hot spot". Hot spots are everywhere (even Iowa has free hot spots at each interstate rest area!), so you should be able to connect to the net in all but the most remote places. \n\nGood luck! - Stuart
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Get a connection from some if the ISP's that the previous asnwerer has told you. \nIf you need to know how its done, google for DHCP.
541095
go for a broadband connection.
786771
You can try wireless option if Your hotel supports it. Hotels can provide internet wireline connection also. Or you can buy a prepaid card from any ISP in that region when connecting via digital phone lines.
766852
or if youre not going to leave the house with it you could use a wireless router and get a internet router card for your laptop, but in most cases wireless interent would be the easiest and you will never have to worry about not being online, unless you hit a spot where that particular company doesnt have service. so it all depends on where and when youre going to be using it...