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Comment from ginny on 2008-09-17

2008-09-17T23:48:37Z

im trying to put wireless connection into my desktop. it currently doesnt have any internet service. i bought a ucb adapter and intalled it. the adapter works fine...its receiving singnal and everything but i still cant access the internet. when i click repair it says there something wrong witht he IP address or sumthin.. im confuse...do you know what the problem is?

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Comment from DANIELA on 2008-09-10

2008-09-10T20:51:25Z

I HAVE DSL, BUT I WHAT ABOUT IF I WANT TO USE THE LAPTOP IN THE PATIO OR MY ROOM. PLEASE RESPOND

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Comment from Glenda on 2008-09-05

2008-09-06T03:04:07Z

I live about a mile away from the phone server to be able to even get DSL. Will I be wasting my time trying to make my desktop get wireless internet? I'm a little confused about the proximity. After all, it is wireless. Thanks.

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Comment from Crystal on 2008-09-05

2008-09-05T14:09:53Z

My landlord owns a small trailer park and a campground that is literally on the otherside of the fence in my soon to be backyard. I already got her permission to use the wifi that she offers on the campground side of the fence if I can pick up the signal. So basically all I have to do is get one of the wireless adapters thingys list above and I should be able to get rid of my high speed expensive internet, right?

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Comment from katie on 2008-09-04

2008-09-04T21:29:10Z

hi-i have a laptop that has a network card and i can connect wirelessly to the internet in my home. when i go to a spot where i can access a wi-fi signal (coffee shop/hotel...)-i can connect to the free wi-fi spot-but not out to the internet...i get the error-connected with limited connectivity. what gives?

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Comment from john on 2008-08-10

2008-08-11T04:31:00Z

all desktops are different.i am trying to connect to nearby wireless internet, my adapter and computer is picking up the signal, but it won't let me connect to the internet.caption continuosly says that it is searching for network address and when i run the fix problem option, an ip address can never be acquired or doesn't get assigned, how do i fix this?

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Comment from khalid on 2008-07-31

2008-08-01T00:15:12Z

I am using DWL 122 as a usp wireless connection and I do have a router, Iam trying to connect my disk top like I did with the lap top and it wouldn't work out with me

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Comment from naveed on 2008-07-31

2008-07-31T23:24:35Z

I am getting wireless internet in my laptop (XP), I want to use the same connection in my desktop (Vista) using a cross cable.

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Comment from Tara on 2008-07-25

2008-07-25T19:54:58Z

Hello, I have a wireless router (Dlink) and my desktop used to be conected directly to a modem and the router was for the other laptops in my apartment. At my new place I am not connected to a modem anymore and have to connect to my landlord's internet. Can I use this Dlink router or would I have to get a wireless adaptor? I'm not sure if these are the same things, that's why I am asking. I noticed another post had a similar question but my friend said I should be fine with the router..although we don't know much about this, haha. Hope you can help me.

Your router should be fine.

-Leo

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Comment from Carol on 2008-06-30

2008-06-30T19:11:13Z

We bought a usb port wireless to connect another desktop to our router. We set it all up but it won't find the wireless. The IP address starts with 169 which I was told was bad. What do we do?

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Comment from Leo on 2008-05-20

2008-05-21T02:31:28Z

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First, I'm going to assume that you have the hotel's
permission. NOT having permission would potentially make
what you are suggesting illegal.

Short answer" no. You need to get a wireless card or other
wireless adapter for your desktop.

The best way to think of it is that your router "sends" the
signal, it cannot "receive" the signal from the hotel. There
are devices that receive, and those would be the wireless
adapters for your PC.

Leo

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Comment from Brock on 2008-05-19

2008-05-20T05:20:03Z

My son's laptop picks up a wifi signal from a hotel next door. What i would like to know if i use just a linksys wrt54g router and my desk top pc would i be able to pickup the signal. I live about 20 yards away.

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Comment from John Evans on 2008-05-18

2008-05-18T13:44:53Z

I just wanted to than you Leo for what you do for all of us out here!

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Comment from ZachARY on 2008-04-30

2008-05-01T04:22:09Z

This may sound stupid but I have a lynksys cable modem and a lynksys wireless G broadband router. These are both hooked up in our office and since I have a wireless router, if I get a USB plug-in for my desktop thats in my room, then It'll pick up internet?

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Comment from Raghu Prasad on 2007-10-07

2007-10-07T15:59:13Z

Thanks, Leo.

Your Website is the first to appear in the google to Wireless internet connection Help.

That's Great.

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Comment from shivachandran on 2007-09-23

2007-09-23T14:07:58Z

hi my friend have laptop and he can access internet by wireless, i like to have as same to my desktop pc, as i gone through the post i get an idea, i want u to suggest me that which type of pci cards internaly fixed in my pc. and what type of configure they must have. i mean adapter/lan card/wifi those.. thanks in advance

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Comment from no delay on 2007-09-18

2007-09-18T18:57:18Z

I have a lab top with wireless,the problem is that when im connected to free public wifi it will not let me connect to that network, so why is it connected if it won't let me connect??

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Comment from vinod on 2007-07-19

2007-07-19T12:46:31Z

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Comment from Kaplan on 2007-06-13

2007-06-14T00:41:36Z

Here's an interesting one...!

I have a Nokia with Wi-FI and am able to connect it via bluetooth to my non-wireless enabled computer.

Could i use the mobile to connect to wifi and then use the wifi connection to browse the net on my laptop (via the bluetooth)??

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Comment from Austin on 2007-05-20

2007-05-20T23:10:18Z

I have two computers. My dad's computer is connected to the internet and has a router. Mine upstairs doesn't. I want to connect my computer internet to my dad's router downstairs. How do I do that without buying anything?

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Comment from Romey on 2007-04-28

2007-04-29T06:10:47Z

I bought a Belkin wireless G USB network adapter for my laptop and installed the program in my computer successfully. I then connected the adapter on my USB port, but still can't connect to the internet. Please advise.

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Comment from SmallBee on 2007-03-21

2007-03-21T14:02:20Z

After some effort to solve my problem posted above, I learned the following:
Many of the unsecured networks were service providers(not public hot spots), and in order to connect to their site they needed to have your MAC address registered. The other thing of importance is that laptops put out a much stronger signal than desktops, so even though laptops connected right up, the wireless desktop adapters I bought (I tried external usb adapters and internal cards) could not get much of a signal and were unable to connect.

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Comment from SmallBee on 2007-01-03

2007-01-03T23:11:56Z

I am in a similar situation to the original poster, with a twist. I was connected to an ISP who had installed a directional antenna on my home and an Avaya Wireless USB card (802.11b) back in 2002. Well they went out of business this year and left the equipment, but even though I can see 10+ unsecured networks in the area, I can't seem to get data through most of them. The strange thing is friends with laptops work just fine sitting in my home on the networks my epuipment doesn't work with. Is the Avaya 802.11b too old to work with new providers, or is there some software setting that would fix the problem?

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-11-28

2006-11-29T01:15:17Z

This article would be a start: http://ask-leo.com/how_should_i_set_up_my_home_network.html

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Comment from ben on 2006-11-26

2006-11-27T03:11:12Z

how do you connect a laptop to internet wirelessly?

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Comment from PSingh on 2006-10-30

2006-10-31T03:43:17Z

i have DSL in the next room...how do i pick up DSL signal in an adjacent room without the mess of cables? i need to know what hardware and/or software that is required for that.

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Comment from Ogunbadejo seun on 2006-10-06

2006-10-06T09:04:46Z

I have a desktop PC and a mobile handset nokia. I want to connect my pc with mentioned mobile by usb gprs cable in other to have access to the internet. with this, is it important that my phone should have a bluetooth. can i use a data cable in the absence of bluetooth.

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Comment from Ogunbadejo seun on 2006-10-06

2006-10-06T08:53:35Z

how can i connect my desktop pc to acess the internet of my cell phone

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Comment from Ashraf on 2006-09-17

2006-09-17T11:31:19Z

I have a desktop PC and a mobile handset Soney Erecson. I want to connect my pc with mentioned mobile by usb cable. i installed all drivers for mobile but i don't know how i make a connection. please tell me the configration.
with best regards.
Muhammad Ashraf

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Comment from Leo on 2006-06-23

2006-06-24T06:07:12Z

Options are few. You can quite probably do something using a cellular data plan. Check with your cell phone provider.

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Comment from Fred B on 2006-06-23

2006-06-23T22:25:35Z

Is it possible to purchase, in addition to the Add-In Card or USB Plug-In, something that will allow one to access the internet if you don't live a couple of houses down from a public or private WiFi hotspot? Or is it possible for cell phone providers (Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) to offer this type of service (not free, of course!)?

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Comment from Larry Peterson on 2006-06-16

2006-06-17T02:51:36Z

My notebook computer has everything-even a wireless button.No hotspots around me. How do I get online without signing up to a isp?? Thank you Larry

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Comment from Greg Bulmash on 2006-06-16

2006-06-17T00:13:29Z

Also worth noting, if the WiFi network isn't public (i.e. it's just a neighbor who didn't secure it), it may be illegal for you to tap into it.

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