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07-05-2007, 05:36 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| | | Computer question!
So I bought a laptop today which is wireless ready. My new house has had wireless wired in. (I'm already confusing myself!) Anyway, I'm going to the beach next week and I know I will be jonesing for the forum so how do I hook it up down there? I know our house does not have wireless but it does have a phone line. If I have DSL service at my current house, what do I need to take with me?
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07-05-2007, 05:38 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, GA
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| | | You are gonna need a wirless DSL modem at the beach house.
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07-05-2007, 05:40 PM
|  | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California
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| | or hope that your neighbor's have a wireless provider which is not locked and you can tap into.  |
07-05-2007, 06:15 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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Originally Posted by Silke  or hope that your neighbor's have a wireless provider which is not locked and you can tap into. | Okay, I know this is the case. What do I have to do?
I also bought a blackberry pearl today but I bet it won't be here in time. . ..
I am just going to wig without AF and some other places! |
07-05-2007, 06:19 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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Originally Posted by luvmyjeans You are gonna need a wirless DSL modem at the beach house. | Are those costly? I have an external DSL modem on my home computer. Will I need it? |
07-05-2007, 06:35 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| | | And why was a phone cord included in my package? HELP! |
07-05-2007, 06:41 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, GA
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Originally Posted by fosterzmom Okay, I know this is the case. What do I have to do?
I also bought a blackberry pearl today but I bet it won't be here in time. . ..
I am just going to wig without AF and some other places! | If your neighbors have an unsecured wirless network the wireless on your laptop will automatically pick it up... you should be able to connect and operate fine as long as the signal strength is good.
Wireless modems are not that expensive. Do you have a computer already hooked up at the beach house?
Oh hell E - PM me - I'll help you thru it! I do this for a living 
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07-05-2007, 06:47 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cleveland
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| | | actually the blackberry has a way of getting you online through yoru service provider for free. you could google blackberry pearl and getting online. you don't have to pay extra and i didn't read all the info but you don't even have to plug it to the computer! |
07-05-2007, 07:19 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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Originally Posted by JulzisAuthentic actually the blackberry has a way of getting you online through yoru service provider for free. you could google blackberry pearl and getting online. you don't have to pay extra and i didn't read all the info but you don't even have to plug it to the computer! | Really? Cool! Thanks, Julz! |
07-05-2007, 07:22 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, GA
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Originally Posted by JulzisAuthentic actually the blackberry has a way of getting you online through yoru service provider for free. you could google blackberry pearl and getting online. you don't have to pay extra and i didn't read all the info but you don't even have to plug it to the computer! | I think you still have to subscribe to data services - in addtion to your standard calling plan - in order to access the internet.
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07-05-2007, 07:26 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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Originally Posted by luvmyjeans I think you still have to subscribe to data services - in addtion to your standard calling plan - in order to access the internet. | I already subscribe to data services because I have a RZR phone. But I bet I'll need more data minutes or space or whatever with the Blackberry, right?
Ya'll, I"m going through withdrawals already and I've not left for the beach yet!  |
07-05-2007, 07:29 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey
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Originally Posted by luvmyjeans I think you still have to subscribe to data services - in addtion to your standard calling plan - in order to access the internet. | +1
There's no way around it, if you don't have a data plan it will just say "data connection refused" and you won't be able to do anything but call |
07-05-2007, 07:30 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey
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Originally Posted by fosterzmom I already subscribe to data services because I have a RZR phone. But I bet I'll need more data minutes or space or whatever with the Blackberry, right?
Ya'll, I"m going through withdrawals already and I've not left for the beach yet! | Its a different plan for blackberry's and pda. Its $20-$30 a month on top of the normal calling plan. The data service from the razr won't transfer over |
07-05-2007, 07:31 PM
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07-05-2007, 07:45 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, GA
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| | | This might be good if you have some IT/networking experience and know how to manipulate the hardware and software involved. For the novice user this is a freakin' mind blower... and can cause all kinds of issues with both devices. IMO - Not recommended for a non-techie. Sorry!
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07-05-2007, 07:50 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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Originally Posted by Phishphood Its a different plan for blackberry's and pda. Its $20-$30 a month on top of the normal calling plan. The data service from the razr won't transfer over |
Thanks! That's what I needed to know! |
07-05-2007, 07:52 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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Originally Posted by luvmyjeans This might be good if you have some IT/networking experience and know how to manipulate the hardware and software involved. For the novice user this is a freakin' mind blower... and can cause all kinds of issues with both devices. IMO - Not recommended for a non-techie. Sorry! | Non-Techie=ME! Thanks, Jill!
You just might be getting some calls when the new phone gets here and when I get moved and try to use my wireless! Do I need to call Bellsouth about the wireless? Is that seperate? I am such a dummie! |
07-05-2007, 07:53 PM
| | Denim Obsessed | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, Ontario
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| | | Uhhh...you'll either have to hope that the neighbors have an unsecured wireless network that you can steal (by turning on your wireless card in the laptop, opening up network connections, choosing wireless network connection, show list of networks, and connecting) or get internet service at the beachhouse. You could probably get some cheap dialup set up since you have a phone line. As for the blackberry, I have never used one before, so I have no idea how to set that all up. Good luck! ;) |
07-05-2007, 07:57 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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Originally Posted by trippt Uhhh...you'll either have to hope that the neighbors have an unsecured wireless network that you can steal (by turning on your wireless card in the laptop, opening up network connections, choosing wireless network connection, show list of networks, and connecting) or get internet service at the beachhouse. You could probably get some cheap dialup set up since you have a phone line. As for the blackberry, I have never used one before, so I have no idea how to set that all up. Good luck! ;) | Oh, Lord, I am in over my head. . . |
07-05-2007, 07:57 PM
| | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California
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Originally Posted by fosterzmom Are those costly? I have an external DSL modem on my home computer. Will I need it? | new laptops generally come with both an ethernet card so you can connect to your DSL and a modem so you can connect to a phone line and yours also has wireless access, so you have 3 options to get online but you need to subscribe to a service for the DSL and phoneline/modem access whereas with the wireless if your neighbot or someone close to you has an unsecured line your wireless will pick it up and allow you to access the internet via the other people's subscription.
If you lock on to your laptop and it does not find the nteworks by itself, just rightclick on the icon and you will see an option for "view available wireless networks" click on that and it will show you all the networks in the area and also tell you if they are secured or unsecured. Choose one of the unsecured ones with the highest signal strenght and you should be in business. Hope this helps. |
07-05-2007, 08:01 PM
| | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California
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Originally Posted by fosterzmom Do I need to call Bellsouth about the wireless? Is that seperate? I am such a dummie! | If Bellsouth provides wireless service then yes you need to call them and they will have to come to your home and set it up. They bring the wireless box that you need. Sorry I don't knoe anything about Bellsouth I have roadrunner through time Warner Cable out here in SD. Where are you moving to? |
07-05-2007, 08:07 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, GA
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Originally Posted by fosterzmom Oh, Lord, I am in over my head. . . | I gotcha! It goes like this:
Ring, ring, - (me) Hello?
(E) Jill , FIX THIS SHIT!!!
(me again) No problem.... Ready - here we go...
1- Open the bottle of wine
2- Pour wine into glass
3- Take a sip of wine
4- Follow my instructions (yada, yada...)
5- Log onto AF
6- Finish bottle of wine while buying more jeans
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07-05-2007, 08:09 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| | | ^^LOL, methinks I've got it!
So, with my laptop, I can't do anything at the beach unless there is DSL already hooked up and then I would still need the router.
And if my Blackberry gets here, I need to call them and add more service to my existing RAZR plan to get to AF.
Am I straight now? |
07-05-2007, 08:10 PM
| | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California
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Originally Posted by luvmyjeans I gotcha! It goes like this:
Ring, ring, - (me) Hello?
(E) Jill , FIX THIS SHIT!!!
(me again) No problem.... Ready - here we go...
1- Open the bottle of wine
2- Pour wine into glass
3- Take a sip of wine
4- Follow my instructions (yada, yada...)
5- Log onto AF
6- Finish bottle of wine while buying more jeans | sounds like a great offer, if I was fosterzmom I would definitely take you up on it.  |
07-05-2007, 08:15 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, GA
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Originally Posted by fosterzmom ^^LOL, methinks I've got it!
So, with my laptop, I can't do anything at the beach unless there is DSL already hooked up and then I would still need the router.
And if my Blackberry gets here, I need to call them and add more service to my existing RAZR plan to get to AF.
Am I straight now? | You're gettin' there  Don't worry E, consider me your very own personal techspert!
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