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Do you have to have a desktop and an LAN to use a laptop and Wifi to connect to a cable internet modem?
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∙ 8y ago
No, but you are going to need a wireless router, also known as an access point, between the laptop and the cable modem.
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∙ 8y ago
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How do you connect to the internet with a laptop if you have a router?
Your router should have a wireless network. Read the manual for how to enable it and set up a key, then connect to it with your laptop. Or just use a cable like with a desktop.
I have cable for main computer.How do I get internet to my laptop.?
Subscribe to an ISP for internet such as IVC Telecom and then connect your laptop to the modem with an ethernet cable or connect wirelessly using wifi, assuming your laptop has a wireless network card.
How do you connect your WiFi laptop to your desktop internet?
Step 1. Unplug ethernet wire from desktop computer. Step 2. Plug the ethernet wire you just removed into your laptop's ethernet port. Step 3. When finished browsing the internet or when portability is desired, disconnect the ethernet cable from laptop and return to the port on the desktop.
Internet on a laptop with a modem?
You can connect your laptop to the Internet with a cable modem, sure. You will need an Ethernet cable to do that. If you want wireless internet, you will need a cable modem, and a wireless router as well.
How do you connect your laptop xp to your desktop 98 through Ethernet connection?
Just connect the Ethernet cable (RJ-45 crossover) to the laptop .Then you will get the connection.
i already have internet thru my cable i have a laptop wireless and i want to add my laptop to my internet?
Just get a wireless 802.11 adapter for the laptop to connect to the internet.
How do I connect my wireless vga cable to my tv?
To connect your desktop or laptop computer to your television you will use a vga cable. Information about how to connect the devices can be found at compnetworking.about.com/od/.../a/connect-pc-tv.htm .
How would you access the internet with a laptop?
Either connect via a wireless network, connect through a 3G network or connect your laptop with an ethernet cable.
How can your offline desktop use the wireless card in your laptop to connect to the internet using an Ethernet cable to connect the two?
Try BRIDGING the wired and wireless network adapters on the laptop: For Windows see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/crawford_02april22.mspx
How do you connect a new workplace IBM laptop to the existing cable modem which is connected to the existing HP desktop?
with a router
How do I connect to the Internet when the wireless switch on my hp laptop is broken Is there any other way to connect to the Internet?
You'd have to use an ethernet cable.
How do you connect a laptop with a broken screen ie can't see anything to a desktop PC?
plug display cable on laptop with the broken screen's CPU
