[access-uk] Re: Wireless connection to a laptop
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:51:49 +0100
Sorry, George - I should have included that information in my original
message. It is a SatellitePro A10 - rather elderly, but it still does what I
need.
Douglas
On 6 Sep 2006 at 15:31, George Bell wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
>
> What exactly is the model of Toshiba that you have?
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas
> Harrison
> Sent: 06 September 2006 15:13
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Wireless connection to a laptop
>
> I am trying to decide on a strategy for switching to
> Broadband in the near future.
>
> Initially I will probably settle for a USB or ethernet
> connection to the desktop machine, but for obvious reasons a
> wireless connection to my Toshiba laptop would be
> preferable.
>
> It seems that I could buy a router offering both wireless
> and wired connectivity, but I cannot figure out whether the
> laptop already has all that is required (after
> configuration) to establish
> the wireless connection or requires extra hardware such as
> something in the PC card slot.
> The Toshiba manual contains a large amount of information
> about wireless connections but
> I have yet to find an answer to my query. I thought that
> the solution was to look in the XP
> Device Manager but I am not really sure what I am looking
> for.
>
> Any pointers would be much appreciated - it Is no doubt very
> obvious that on anything to do with broadband and wireless I
> am even more ignorant than on other computer related matters
> (if that is possible!).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Douglas
>
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