Re: Question about a Home Wireless Network

[John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com>]

For Windows 7:

   1. On Control panel, click Network and Sharing Center
   2. Click Connect to a Network
   3. Look for your home wireless network
   4. Click on it, and Connect
   5. Enter the password (if, and I hope you did, set one up)
   6. Check Connect Automatically


For Windows XP, it's more or less the same process though the names of the
commands might be slightly different

For a Mac, it will do it all for you (or so I am told).

If there are no networks, either you don't have a wireless router,
(doubtful) or the laptop doesn't have a wireless card or it's turned off.
Resolve as necessary.

Good luck!

JG

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:

> On 2/25/2012 12:43 PM, Lauren wrote:
>
>> In the meantime, look at your laptop (the computer ;-) ) and see if it
>> says anything about WiFi or if it has a Bluetooth indicator.  If not, then
>> look at the back to the laptop and see what ports it has.  See if any of
>> those ports look like they can be used for networking or make notes of all
>> of them and post that to the list.
>>
>
> Here is a page that can help you identify various network ports,
> http://www.geek.com/laptop-**expansion-port/<http://www.geek.com/laptop-expansion-port/>
> .
>
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