I have cox high speed internet that i use for my regular computer What do i need to buy to be able to connect in my house wireless? Do i need a router? And how do i protect other people from using my internet connection? This is what i purchased, I would like to get it set up before my laptop comes in. Thanks.
Dell Inspiron 1520 notebook
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 processor
3GB shared DDR2 SDRAM
160GB SATA hard drive
8X DVD+/-RW
15.4" diagonal widescreen display (1440x900)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 integrated graphics
1390 wireless mini card (802.11b/g)
8-in-1 memory card reader
VGA video port
S-video port
Integrated high-definition stereo sound
56K modem
10/100 ethernet
9-cell lithium-ion battery (85WHr)
Battery life approximately nine hours, depending on application
Genuine Windows Vista(TM) Home Premium
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Trend Micro Internet Security
2007-12-03 04:22:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Thanks for you help
2007-12-04 03:26:56 · update #1
what you need is a wireless router you can get one from best buy or circuit city even walmart!!!
and you already have wireless built into your new laptop
so buy that and read the manual to make your wireless work.
you only need to put 2 wires into the wirless router to make it work, one of those wires is the power plug!!!
2007-12-03 04:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a wireless router that supports 802.11G and has 4 LAN ports. I'd recommend either Linksys or Netgear.
The router will have a "WAN" port plus 4 "LAN" ports.
Turn all your equipment off - including the cable modem.
Connect the cable that goes from your desktop PC to cable modem and connect it router WAN port to cable modem. (just move it from the desktop pc to the router). Connect the desktop PC to one of the LAN ports on the router. You may need to buy a length of CAT5 Ethernet cable when you buy the router?
Power everything - it should just work.
2007-12-03 04:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u already have wireless card in the laptop...so just go to wifi service..and u will see u get connection
2007-12-03 04:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by KiNgCoBrA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋