Wireless Internet Question??

Question

To have it so that I can take my laptop around my house and still use the internet wirelessly, what will I need to buy/do?

Answer 1

Hi. You need a wireless router and you need to make sure your laptop is wireless capable (or add a wireless card). Local electronics places have all you need.

Answer 2

1) First, you need broadband internet either dsl or cable. I dont reccomend using dial-up wirelessly too slow.

2) You need a gateway router that is connected to your computer.

3) After seeing if you meet these requirements you need a wireless router preferably a D-Link shown in the link below

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3609812

4) You can connect this router via an RJ-45 ethernet wire that connects to and from your computer.

5) At this point its you an your manual if you get lost.

Answer 3

You will need a wireless router. Typically about $50.

Answer 4

A wireless router or a gateway modem from your isp. Also a wireless adaptor if your laptop is not already equipped with one.

Answer 5

A wireless router and a pcmcia card to connect to the router.

Answer 6

a Wireless router and a wireless network card

Answer 7

wireless router. check out this site for all the info you need.

Answer 8

go buy a wireless router at like ( best buy ) and hook it up it is pretty easy.

Answer 9

It means you do not have to be plugged in, but you have to be where there is a wireless connection that you have access to.

You could put wireless in your home with a wireless network adapter or go to a cafe where they have free wireless access.

If you want wireless everywhere you will have to buy a card for your pc and pay one of the cell phone companies to provide that to you. Usually that costs about 60 dollars per month.

Most connections are secure, meaning they need a password for you to connect to them, so you can not just run around and find a signal and hook up.
Wireless networking isn’t just for PCs anymore. Take a look around your home. Many of the electronic devices you see can be networked together wirelessly. Every time you bring a new device into the network, you expand your opportunities to enjoy what you have. Adding your home theater to the network, for example, lets you bring all of the games, movies and music on your PC into the living room. You can use a wireless network to bring a webcam into the family room and the Internet radio into the backyard. You can share files, hard drives, printers—even an Internet connection.

Once you go wireless, all of your networked devices in your home will be liberated, and you'll be free to share, work and play wherever you like. Take a look at a model of a wirelessly networked home. Maybe you’ll find some new ways to go wireless—we’ll show you how.



• Area 1: Bedroom
• Area 2: Master bedroom
• Area 3: Home theater room
• Area 4: Living room
• Area 5: Kitchen
• Area 6: Den/home office
• Area 7: Patio/backyard
• The next step

Area 1: Bedroom
In our wireless home, this is the room where our network begins. The connection to the Internet lives here. So does a wireless router—the starting point for building your own wireless home network. Most wireless routers are designed for two main purposes: to join multiple networks and to direct the data traffic between all of the devices on your network.

Many networks today are a combination of wired and wireless networks. Routers have the ability to convert wired signals to wireless and back again. The Internet is a wired network that routers can convert to a wireless signal. All of the wireless devices on the network are able to use this wireless signal to share the Internet.

Wireless routers also ensure that data (such as a print request from the PC in the den) heads directly for its destination—the printer upstairs. You'll be happy to know that today’s wireless routers are not only designed to shepherd your data, they’re designed to protect it. Measures such as firewalls and data encryption make sure that the devices on your network are the only ones that can reach or read your information.
Area 2: Master bedroom
Adding another desktop PC to your wireless network is easy. Instead of worrying about running cables into another room, all you need to do is add a wireless adapter to your PC. There are two types of adapters to choose from: PCI wireless adapters and USB wireless adapters. Both types work equally well—the difference is in the connection. PCI wireless adapters connect to a desktop PC using an available PCI slot. Despite the fact that you’ll have to open up your computer, installing a PCI wireless adapter is easy. Installing a USB wireless adapter is even easier. With USB adapters, going wireless is as easy as plugging the adapter into a USB port. Once you configure your settings, you’ll be ready to go.

Area 3: Home theater room
Maybe you already enjoy digital music, movies and pictures on your PC. Imagine the fun you could have if you could liberate your multimedia, bringing it into the living room and super-sizing it on your home theater system. You could play your favorite MP3 songs through your biggest and best speakers, or view your latest digital photos up on the big screen. Maybe you could even create a slide show with music.

A wireless media adapter can make this happen. Once you connect the adapter to your home stereo and television, you can use it to browse all of the PCs in your network for your favorite tunes and images. Maybe you keep your music in your wireless notebook or in the hard drive downstairs in the den. Either way, the media adapter will find your files easily and pull them into the living room to enjoy.
Area 4: Living room
Webcams are a wonderful way to stay in touch with friends and family. But maybe you want to share a moment away from the computer–the fourth quarter in a big game, a birthday party, a child’s first steps. Once you set up a wireless network, you can do just that. Wireless Internet video cameras don’t need to be wired to PCs, so they are free to follow the action wherever it happens.

You can even use a wireless webcam to follow the action in your own home. For example, you could use the webcam to watch children at play. If you’re in another room cooking dinner or balancing the checkbook, you can still watch the kids on a networked PC upstairs. It’s possible–with a wireless network.

Maybe you’re still a kid–at heart anyway–and online gaming is more your style. Imagine how much fun it would be to experience your games on a big plasma screen. In the past, you might have been out of luck without a nearby Internet connection. Today you can use a wireless game adapter to move the game wherever you like, without running wires all the way to the game room. With two adapters, you can wirelessly connect consoles for battles that span opposite sides of the house—turn your home into a gaming zone!
Area 5: Kitchen
In the wirelessly networked home, you can turn your kitchen into your own organizational command center. Instead of using magnets on the fridge or a calendar to stay organized, you can use a notebook or pocket PC to share notes, files, address books and calendars.

If you want your notebook to link to your Bluetooth®-enabled pocket PC, you can add a USB Bluetooth adapter to your notebook. Thanks to easy USB connectivity, you’ll be able to network with the pocket PC as well as any other Bluetooth-enabled devices. Sharing and synchronizing address books, calendars and other info will be a snap.

You can also choose to connect your pocket PC to your wireless network. Simply slide a wireless CompactFlash adapter into your Pocket PC’s Type I or Type II slot. Once your pocket PC is configured, you’ll be able to share everything from printers to hard drives to the Internet—just like your other networked devices.
Area 6: Den/home office
If your printer is located far from the PCs in your home, a wireless connection can make printing much more convenient. With wireless, you’ll be able to print with a click or two of a button—without having to move and load your documents onto the PC attached to the printer.

You can start printing wirelessly in one of two ways. If your printer and PC are already connected via Ethernet, simply adding the PC to the wireless network will also give you remote access to the printer. If you don’t mind keeping printer and PC attached to each other, and making sure the PC is turned on whenever you print, this is a good option.

Another option is to use a wireless print server to free your printer from its wired connection to a PC. Once you connect the wireless print server to your printer, you’ll no longer need to dedicate the PC to the job. Both printer and PC can be moved wherever you need them. And you can print day or night without having to worry about whether or not an adjacent PC is turned on.
Area 7: Patio/backyard
Going wireless is all about freedom. When warm weather beckons, a wireless network can give you the freedom to enjoy the outdoors while staying completely connected. Want to read email, print files or surf the Internet while working on your tan? You can do just that—if you have a wireless network and a notebook with wireless capability.

Even if your notebook doesn’t have built-in wireless, you can still join in the fun. Adding wireless capability to your notebook can be as easy as sliding a card into a slot. Wireless notebook adapters slide right into the PC Card slot on the side of your notebook. Once the adapter is inserted and the settings are configured to your home network, you’ll be ready to surf the Web anywhere within wireless range. You’ll also be able to interact with all of the other devices on your network.

Maybe you want nothing more than put the notebook away and relax outside with your favorite music—you can still put your wireless network to good use. Use a wireless music system to enjoy one of thousands of Internet radio stations or play MP3s from every computer in your wireless network. Some systems will even let you create custom playlists or burn music mixes on a CD. You can enjoy a wireless music system indoors or out–as long as you’re within range of your wireless signal.

If you have a large backyard, or simply a large home, you might find that your wireless signal needs a little boost. You can get the extra signal range you need with a wireless range expander. The expander can be placed where you need it, without the need for wires, anywhere within range of your access point or wireless router. The expander will relay your signal, bouncing it out to wireless devices in hard-to-reach places–like the hammock on the other side of your pool.
The next step
If you’re looking around your home, imagining how fun it would be to wirelessly connect all of your electronic devices, why not give it a shot? Start with a wireless router and maybe something fun, like a media adapter. You’ll soon get used to the convenience, freedom and joy of wireless networking. Before long, you won’t be able to remember the days before your all of your electronics started talking to each other.

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