DSL or dial-up?

Question

Ok I need some help I just bought a laptop I was wondering if there is a way to use dial-up on my laptop with out plugging anything into it? i want it to be wireless ..the laptop has a Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card in it. How do I use my laptop at home with no cords?

Answer 1

I bought a DSL service that came with a free WiFi station from SBC. It has worked out great for wireless Internet. All you need to do is setup the WiFi broadcast and receiver to be connected one time, and your laptop is already ready for the service.

Answer 2

Some older wireless routers will allow you to share either a broadband or a dial-up connection. The one that springs to mind is Apple's old Airport base station, which had a 56k modem built in. You could probably find something like that used for a good price. I'm not sure if you'd find a new router with dial-up capability.

Answer 3

cant use dial wirelessly.... if youre wanting something inexpensive, at&t has a high speed internet basic pkg (786 kbps, about 13x faster than dial) and allows you to be on the phone and online at the same time. this is $10/mo. you can get a dsl modem with a built in wireless router so you can use your laptop wirelessly for $30 after rebate. just visit att.com/internet its an online offer only you can only get this discounted rate via this specifc website. if you decide to go with at&t, use referral code mp4341

Answer 4

You can't use dial-up wirelessly. It has to be plugged in to the phone line. You can get DSL and use a wireless router. Sometimes when you sign up for new DSL service you can get a wireless set up for free.

Answer 5

ummm... can't man. Its dial up, just go with dsl, or cable which is better. Get a wireless router connect it to the modem and you'll be money.

Answer 6

Let's cover what you need to get Internet access to more than one computer at home, via wireless LAN (local area network).
The concept is the same for Wired networks. Add Cat5 cables and NICs, instead of wireless adapters to each computer.

1. You order or use your existing Cable or DSL Internet access.

2. Your Cable or DSL company sets up your Internet access and typically either rents or sells you a Cable or DSL network bridge. They often refer to this as a Cable or DSL “modem”. Actually a complete misnomer since the device does NOT modulate or demodulate, nor does it convert analog to digital or digital to analog.

Prices for Cable or DSL Internet access vary from approximately $19 per month to $80 per month in the United States. This varies based on bandwidth, location, and provider.

At this point you have what is commonly called “Broad Band” or “High Speed” Internet access.

Now you want to share that high speed connection with more than one system. You want to be able to cart your laptop all over the house and stay connected to the Internet as you do so.

1. Confirm that your system has a wireless adapter or get one and install it. You need one of these for each computer. USB type are better. USB type that are 802.11n are best.

2. Get a wireless router. I recommend the D-Link DIR-655. Get D-Link n series USB wireless adapters if you get the D-Link wireless router. If you get a Linksys wireless router, get Linksys wireless adapters. They work BETTER together if they are the same brand. This isn’t a requirement, merely a suggestion.

3. Plug the wireless router directly into the Cable or DSL network bridge via an Ethernet cable.

4. Unplug the electrical cord from your Cable or DSL network bridge for 30-45 seconds.

5. Plug the power cable back in.

6. Check the Cable or DSL network bridge for green lights.

7. Make sure that the properties of TCP/IP are set to Obtain IP address automatically, and obtain DNS automatically on ALL of your computers.

8. Turn on or reboot your system(s).

Now you should be able to stay connected to the Internet with all of your computers.

If you can not access the Internet from every computer:

Attempt to log in to your wireless router via your web browser (internet exploder or Firefox) by typing in http://192.168.1.1/
Then log in using admin and admin typically. Be sure to change the password to something of your own choosing.
Enable DHCP by following the instructions in the manual for your wireless router.

You only need one wireless router for you wireless LAN. One wireless router can accommodate up to 253 wireless computers. You can use combinations of wired and wireless routers together but typically one wireless router is sufficient for all your needs.

For security:

1. Don't announce the SSID of your wireless router.
2. Use WPA2 if you can. WPA-PSK if not WPA2, or WEP at the very least.
3. Put the MAC addresses of all of your computers into the MAC routing table of your wireless router and ONLY ALLOW from the addresses in the table of the wireless router.
4. Turn the SPI firewall of the wireless router ON.
5. Filter anonymous or incomplete packets.

If this all seems too complex and complicated to do, use local.yahoo.com to find a wireless network professional near you.

Answer 7

You can't. It needs you to subscribe to broadband and then buy a wireless router. You could use a cellular connection, but this is incredibly expensive.