Ok, this may seem like a dumb question, but I need to ask it. If I were to buy a laptop with wireless internet connection, how does this work? Like, can I just turn my computer on at home and expect to get internet? I'm confused about the whole situation...
So you can buy a laptop with a wireless internet card in it - this means that it's ready to recieve a wireless signal. To get on the web though, you need to be near a station broadcasting a wireless signal. Usually this broadcast is achieved with a wireless router plugged into a DSL modem somewhere in your house/apartment area. The range on these things varies, sometimes people are able to steal their wireless connection from their neighbors (if it's not password protected) or places like Starbucks' or bookstores have them.
So if you have a wireless net enabled laptop and you are around a router broadcasting a wireless signal, you can expect to get internet.
hope that's enough to start
Yeah just buy a wireless router and make it password protect it. I didn't password protect my wireless router at first, only to realize that 3 neighbors were stealing my internet 3 months later. They take up bandwidth and stuff... plus you're paying like $40 a month for it.
thanks guys. i just needed to get a grasp on the concept. Its pretty clear now actually.
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thanks guys. i just needed to get a grasp on the concept. Its pretty clear now actually.
cool. the main thing is that you need that wireless card, just like you would need a pci card for network cat 5 connection.