[snowboardermom]

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:

[Fr_Chuck]

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

[snowboardermom]

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?

[MOWERMAN2468]

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.

[Fr_Chuck]

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.

[snowboardermom]

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?

[biggsie]

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?"

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

[Larkland Morley]

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

Hope that helps