I just bout a gateway MT6840 laptop and am trying to connect to the internet. Im connected to the internet now through a linksys wireless router. It works wonderful but I have to have the second componet hooked up to my laptop in order for it to work. Is there anyway to connect it to the internet with NO chords at all... to where I can just have my laptop and not carry the receiver of the signal around the house? Thank you for your help!
2007-07-03 10:54:10 · 9 answers · asked by Musical Buff 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
This laptop you bought already has a built in wireless card. Just click on the two monitors icons at the bottom right of your winodws screen and then click on 'connect'. It would give you a list of available networks. Click in the list on the router that is yours. That is it you should be connected.
2007-07-05 08:42:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Places like coffee shops and pretty much every airport has wireless hot spots for people to connect wirelessly to internet from their laptops or handhelds. I dont know about coffee shops but im pretty sure airports are free. But yeh your wireless router will only work within your house. It's best to have it protected with a password or people can hack into your connection and use up all of your internet right outside your house. Sometimes even your next door neighbour.
2016-05-17 10:50:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The previous writers were on point in stating that you must have a wireless card in the laptop enabled and you should have full wireless capability. Be advised that depending on the strength of the connection and the quality of the wireless card, your roaming distance from the router will be limited.
Enjoy your computer.
2007-07-03 11:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by andrew91025 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must have wireless access enabled on that Linksys. Log into the router - something like 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 - look it up in your book. Make sure wireless access is enabled.
Don't forget to set up security - change the Admin. password - I find MAC filtering to work the best (under advanced options).
2007-07-03 11:01:52 · answer #4 · answered by sosguy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand why you need an additional device to make your laptop get connected to your wireless router. Your laptop has a built-in wireless adapter.
2007-07-03 10:59:49 · answer #5 · answered by adi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Yes. Two ways. One is to get an internal wireless card and install it. The other is to use a PC slot wireless card. This kind of hangs out and I use (and prefer) the internal card.
2007-07-03 10:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wi-Fi,its a device that provides you with wireless internet connection so you can use it while your traveling.Thats the only device so far in the market for mobile internet access.
2007-07-03 10:59:27 · answer #7 · answered by Spikey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy the linksys wireless card
2007-07-03 10:57:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as you have a wireless card installed then it should work.
2007-07-03 10:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋