I have a laptop and don't know how to hook it up to a wireless connection please tell me how. I have a desk top hooked up to dial up but want to use my laptop elsewhere:

OK, to have wireless, first your lap top will have to have a wireless receiver in it, so when you bought it, was it wi fi ready??

Assumig it is, most newer ones are. You will have to have a wireless router, which will require high speed interent, so it will not work on your dial up. So you will have to get a high speed internet, a wireless router and then you can have wireless interent at your home.

If you go to a "hot spot" in town, if your lap top is internet ready, it should normally just automatically connect

OK, to have wireless, first your lap top will have to have a wireless reciever in it, so when you bought it, was it wi fi ready ???

Assumig it is, most newer ones are. You will have to have a wireless router, which will require high speed interent, so it will not work on your dial up. So you will have to get a high speed internet, a wireless router and then you can have wireless interent at your home.

If you go to a "hot spot" in town, if your lap top is internet ready, it should normally just automaticly connect

But do I need anything to connect into laptop when using it in a "hot spot" or just open it up and turn it on?

Just open it up and sign on as long as you are wi fi ready. To use it in your own home you will need to use a router at your desk top computer.

If it is internet ready, you will not need anything to log on at hot spots,
If your computer does not have wireless internet card you will have to get a plug in card. We have three lap tops, two of them have them built in, one does not.

just open it up and sign on as long as you are wi fi ready. to use it in your own home you will need to use a router at your desk top computer.


I know this is going to sound stupid but what is wi fi? Where do I get this router and where do I hook it into?

Wifi is like a small 2-way radio station -- your computer uses it to access the internet

You need to be close to a wireless connection -- like a wireless router in your home

Howstuffworks "What Is WiFi?" (http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network1.htm)

If you have DSL internet service -- you can buy a wireless router and connect to the internet -- wirelessly

Not all older laptops had hardware to connect wirelessly -- needed a plug in card with an antenna

Most new laptops have them built in -- just need to be enabled

Wi fi is basically a term used for wireless to the PC..

You can check out some devices like this one..

Dial-up wireless router - Wiflyer (http://www.wiflyer.com/StoreFront.bok)

Hope that helps