Re: Question about a Home Wireless Network

[Craig Cardimon <craig -dot- cardimon -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Thanks for everyone's help. I finally got our new used laptop on our
wireless home network. Now I'm downloading some good free software.

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Craig Cardimon
<craig -dot- cardimon -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:

> How about for Windows XP?
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:51 PM, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> 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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