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where can i get software for instructions? possibly    online for the  
d-link co?

wow! you are very knowledgable; Thak you soo much for the quick response 
I HAVE A
D-LINK DWL 120+ W/USB CONNECTION
WIRELESS 802 11B NETWORK ADAPTER\THAT DID NOT COME FROM EBAY WITH
INSTRUCTIONS BUT I WAS TOLD THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO CONNECT MY LAP TOP TO
DSL?
I HAVE NO PLACE IN MY ZYXEL modem for a card nor do I have a card;
what will i need to do the hook up? or can I?
 
 


> [Original Message]
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 7/1/2007 8:56:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] lap top connection 's  for travel?
>
>  
> In a message dated 7/1/2007 2:34:15 PM Atlantic Standard Time,  
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> How  would I set up a laptop  internet connection;  where i can take my  
> laptop anywhere and use it online?
> I have a gateway laptop;
> I also have  xyxel  dsl with earthlink.net;
> I have seen people p;aying poker online  even in a car;  and take laptop 
> wherever they go;  pick up  surrounding signals?  
> doesn't it have to be connected through a phone  someway?
>
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> You can get a wireless reciever for a laptop or desktop that can, as you  
> say, pick up a surrounding signal but signals can be hard to find
especially in  
> remote areas since there must be a wireless router in the area to
broadcast 
> the  signal. Also many routers are set to require a password to
connect.while 
> some  are "free" to use. The laptop wireless software will tell you if
there is 
> a  signal present and there are devices as small as a keychain which have
a 
> light  that flashes if a signal is present.
>  The hotel where I work has an "open" signal because our routers are  
> connected directly to the cable which supplies our internet connection 
instead of 
> running through a dedicated computer. Apparently this has caused 
difficulties 
> in setting up a working password. The owner asks lurkers in the  parking
lot to 
> leave quite often! Other buisnesses offer their connection freely  on
purpose 
> (although it is usually intended for their customers).
>  
>  -Phillip Williams-
>
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