So let's say I want to take my laptop with me to a place that doesn't have wireless setup's...such as a friend's house. How would I go about getting internet then? Would I have to subscribe to a separate internet account just for my laptop?
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Only thing I can think of is dial up with a 800 number (PeoplePC $10 a month?) or an aircard from a cell phone provider.
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Either plug into their ethernet or get as hiker said, an aircard from a cell phone provider.
Alternatively, what I have for on the go, is I use my phone as a bluetooth modem and dial in with my ISP's free dial up service offered to all cable customers. I'd assume you could do the same with a free 1000 hours of AOL or whatever too. -
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If your friend's router is set with DHCP then you can connect in one of his router's Ethernet ports. If your friend has MAC filtering active, he has either disable it or add you MAC to the network. -
cheap and easy solution..
buy your friend a WIFI router as a GIFT -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Some of att plans have the option to use dial-up, if a traveler.
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Ahhhh, dial-up, it spikes my hair
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Aircard, which requires a subscription to your Cellphone Service Provider (Usually $59.99/month), but you get wireless internet nearly EVERYWHERE.
http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/remoteaccesssolutions/g/aircard.htm -
But you have a limit in download, don't you?
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In fact, I distinctly recall being ecstatic the day one of my friends scored a 1,200baud modem, back in the days when this:
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Yes, Our watches now have more cpu power than those high-teck devices, now. Boy has the hp changed. Most all of our desktop pc hav more HP than some of the mainframes used.
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And I still want more, I'm waiting for a 4GHz laptop, with GDDR3 RAM, 500GB HDD, that's all what I want now
Wireless without router nearby.....
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Melanie, Jul 8, 2008.