Please Help Me I Have Just Purchased A Dell Inspiron 1720 With A Intel Next-Gen
Wireless-N Mini-Card. I Have Never Owned A Laptop And I Would Like
To Know What I Need To Do In Order To Use This Laptop Around My House.
[Edited on 19/7/2008 by festprint]
festprint
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posted on 18/7/08 at 18:52
If you have another desktop hooked to the internet with a router / gateway
(if using wireless broadband / ADSL connection for example), the laptop
wireless software will pick up the network or router if it has the latest
windows or Ubuntu or whatever operating system you have on it, the only
thing you need to do is enter the access key on it. The access key (WEP Key
or WPA Key) is usually on the router or can be found on the setup or router
admin link on the desktop. Make sure your laptop is setup correctly to
access the internet through other computers (it is setup and automatically
detects and sets up any wi-fi cards when loading the Operating system
anyway) and the desktop firewall on the desktop allows wireless networks
access. Dell usually have a comprehensive guide to wireless networking
setup, just be patient in reading through the help guide available on the
laptop usually as part of the dell software package.
Good luck
PS: I removed you email address, not safe to post it on forums!
posted on 17/7/08 at 13:12
I Have Just Purchased A Dell Inspiron 1720 With A Intel Next-Gen
Wireless-N Mini-Card. 
I Have Never Owned A Laptop 
