i'm cluesless about this.. wireless internet??

Jorn Lavoll · Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 197

if a room-mate of mine has wireless internet... and i have a laptop that i want to get online... what do i need? i've seen some usb thingies that look like pen drives.. will they do?

MIKE BURN

Well, what you need is a wireless LAN card and an account! LOL

Jorn Lavoll · Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 197

what kind of an account? isnt the idea with these things that you just have to be near a uhh... "box" to connect to it?

it think they said that other people have just been there with their laptops and were able to connect just fine..?

do the USB dongle thingies do the same as the card you showed a picture of?

Jorn Lavoll · Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 197

www.komplett.no/k/kl.asp?bn=10279

will anything on that list do it for me?

Sterling30 · Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 249

This is much better..

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009X6PH/ref=pd_sbs_e_3/104-4923267-6919132?v=glance&s=electronics

Edited by: Sterling30 at: 3/30/05 14:40

ED1G · PIGGY MOONRUST Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 2644

I use wireless at home and its the best thing since sliced bread!!

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get a decent one tho..... the first one we got hardly transmitted 10 feet, never mind the 100ft it was supposed to!!

Paul

MIKE BURN · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: Stay away from the cards...

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Jorn Lavoll

what kind of an account? isnt the idea with these things that you just have to be near a uhh... "box" to connect to it?

"Hot-Spot" Jorn, "hot spot"

Where does a "hot-spot" come from?

Yes, from an ISP or a private/industrial driven network with routers (equipped with Wireless Lan protocol).

So you'll need either a ISP "Wireless Lan" account, or from the system admin of a private/industrial network.

Why should anybody let you surf for free? LOL

So you need an account

Sterling30 · Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 249

Not here you don't, there are free signals everwhere. Hotels, businesses, universitys, apt. complexes, ect. 90% of the time I'm on wireless I have several free signals to choose from. We have entire citys wired for free access here there's more coming all the time.

RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

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Why should anybody let you surf for free?

In the small city where one of my brothers lives, the city provides wireless at the cost of $USD 15.00 month.

What will be cool is when internet telephone gets more common, MIke - then I'll be able to afford to call you and yell at you until my German runs out!!! hahaha!

(After about 3 minutes, I'd be out of all the German phrases I know)