I want to buy laptop but........
By wisconsin26
@wisconsin26 (3859)
United States
July 23, 2007 11:47am CST
I want to buy a laptop but i have a question before I do.. I have DSL as a connection to the internet and was wondering if I were to buy a wireless laptop will my connection bounce off my dsl? Or do I need to buy more things to get a connection for that?
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5 responses
@sharonercastillo (888)
• Philippines
25 Jul 07
as i understand, laptop has also a preferences for a cable or dial-up connection as well as wi-fi or satillite or wireless connections.
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@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
29 Jul 07
I had dial up connection before i got DSL I don't know if it's possible to have dial up again with dsl.. Or I don't think it would really matter.. I just want to know if it was possible to do such a thing.. Thanks for your reply!
@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
30 Jul 07
thats what they did to mine too but wanted to know if I had a one of those cards in my system network card I want to say but I think I am totally off on the subject.. or wrong card actually.. But I think I could get them to help me for sure they are really good at help and tech support! Thanks for your reply!!
@sharonercastillo (888)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
i had dial up before too,when i change to dsl, the isp provider erase the dial up in the computer, i ask why, they said dsl or broadband will not work properly. you could ask your isp if its ok
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Jul 07
As Phlamingho has already suggested, you would require a wireless router to use the wireless connection from your laptop. The laptop would also have an ethernet port, which means that you could use it via a cable and purchase a wireless router at a later date if required.
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@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
24 Jul 07
So I am not able to network the laptop from my dsl.. Ok lets say I want to use DSL am I able to do that or no.. I would need a network card I am sure of that but what else would i need to do that? Thank you for your reply!
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@Phlamingho (7822)
• Denmark
23 Jul 07
It's almost impossible to buy a laptop today without a wi-fi card build into it. What you need to buy is a wi-fi router. You can pick one up for around $50, so no biggie :-)
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@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
24 Jul 07
Thank you I wasn't to sure on how this tech. stuff worked. I just didn't want to go out and buy one and end up with not know what I am doing.. Thank you for your reply!
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@hora_fugit (5859)
• India
29 Jul 07
When we purchased a laptop some months ago it had a wireless facility but of course a wireless router or Wi-Fi was needed. But I think you are asking about DSL connection... well, what we did was to just connect the cable to the port and create a new DSL connection. You don't need to buy something extra for that as far as I know :)
@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
29 Jul 07
Ok that is what I was thinking also.. another whatcha ma call it...lol router maybe if I am thinking right and something else I can't remember though... Thanks for your reply!
@golfproo (1839)
• Canada
30 Jul 07
Hi,
I just bought a laptop recently. Basically the steps I followed were 1. I keep my main computer in the basement hooked up (on DSL) 2. I bought a DLink wireless router. 3. I installed the router on my main computer in the basement. 4. on my laptop I selected the appropriate network from my basement and then....Voila...I was/and am connected.
I hope that is somewhat useful info.
cheers,
@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
30 Jul 07
Yes thank you that was very useful.. That was exactly what I was looking for.. Thank you so much for your time!
