In a message dated 7/1/2007 2:34:15 PM Atlantic Standard Time,  
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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?


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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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