SillyDog701

[rgarr]

My wife has a Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop with a Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card. In other words she has a wireless Network connection that she can use in her office at home which is right around the corner from my office where I have a Dell Dimension Desktop 8250 hooked up to a NETGEAR ROUTER so that we can both be on the Internet at the same time using the same ISP provider. (Sorry to be so basic here but I know nothing about Laptops)

She is going to be traveling soon on business and she asked me how she is going to connect to the Internet and her email...and I flat out don't know! She will be at the airport, on an airplane, in a conference room etc.

She wants to know how to connect to the Internet and email without being at a "hotspot" like Starbucks or at her hotel or library where they have Internet connections!!! I appreciate any and ALL HELP on this! Thanks in advance for evreyone's help! I found the quote at the bottom by doing a Google search.


"With a built-in wireless LAN reciever, you can only access the internet near a wireless router. However, cell phone companies such as Cingular and Verizon offer Wireless Wide Area Network cards that plug into the PCI slot of your laptop and allow you to access the internet from just about anywhere (albeit with a monthly fee attached)."

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[Don_HH2K]

For the most part, you're at the mercy of unsecured Wi-Fi access points and hotspots around you. Most major airports feature these, as would a conference room at a medium-size or large business. As for airplanes, they'll probably ask you to disable your laptop's wireless radio as to prevent interference. So unless you have a cellular card such as those offered by Cingular or Verizon, don't expect to have always-on Internet service on the road.

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[rgarr]

For the most part, you're at the mercy of unsecured Wi-Fi access points and hotspots around you. Most major airports feature these, as would a conference room at a medium-size or large business. As for airplanes, they'll probably ask you to disable your laptop's wireless radio as to prevent interference. So unless you have a cellular card such as those offered by Cingular or Verizon, don't expect to have always-on Internet service on the road.

Thanks Don_HH2K,

Many thanks to all who responded...your info was invaluable. After checking things out...Dell wanted $300 for what they now call an Express Card Slot instead of a PCMCIA...
Then you have to go through Cingular and get a separate line that runs $60 a month besides already having a $40 a month Cingular Cell bill! Thanks again!I think my wife will stick to the "Hotspots" and hotels etc.

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[Edward]

You might want to look into Verizon's card, since it uses Verizon's wireless network, I would expect it to work wherever Verizon Wireless has service.

I am a Verizon Wireless customer and recently added Mobile Web to my service. Even though I am using an older phone (Nokia) and mostly all of the web pages that download to the phone are all-text (very little in the way of graphics), it's very fast.

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[rgarr]

You might want to look into Verizon's card, since it uses Verizon's wireless network, I would expect it to work wherever Verizon Wireless has service.

I am a Verizon Wireless customer and recently added Mobile Web to my service. Even though I am using an older phone (Nokia) and mostly all of the web pages that download to the phone are all-text (very little in the way of graphics), it's very fast.

Thanks my friend!

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[Antony]

I think my wife will stick to the "Hotspots" and hotels etc.

It will always be a good idea to bring a normal network cable for LAN (Cat-5), in case she can't get the wireless connection, and some hotels may provide LAN port.

For the hot spot and LAN ports, in most cases, you can get the detailed information from the provider on how to set up the computer.

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[rgarr]

I think my wife will stick to the "Hotspots" and hotels etc.

It will always be a good idea to bring a normal network cable for LAN (Cat-5), in case she can't get the wireless connection, and some hotels may provide LAN port.

For the hot spot and LAN ports, in most cases, you can get the detailed information from the provider on how to set up the computer.

Thanks for the info my friend!

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[profman]

Your wife may want to consider bringing, if possible and convenient, an extra battery (or an large-capacity battery) if she wants to be sure to have power for long periods in an airport, an airplane, or other locations with few or no AC outlets available.

The laptop should be protected by a software firewall and an up-to-date anti-virus application since "hot spot" locations are probably, by their nature, insecure.

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[rgarr]

Your wife may want to consider bringing, if possible and convenient, an extra battery (or an large-capacity battery) if she wants to be sure to have power for long periods in an airport, an airplane, or other locations with few or no AC outlets available.

The laptop should be protected by a software firewall and an up-to-date anti-virus application since "hot spot" locations are probably, by their nature, insecure.

Thanks!

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