going wireless finally

I'm new to the wireless laptop business. My old Micron laptop uses a pcmcia
(?) wireless card. Do I need anything else to go online at hot spots? How
about a hi speed modem between the laptop and hot spot?

On May 3, 7:44 am, "rb" <r...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I'm new to the wireless laptop business. My old Micron laptop uses a pcmcia
> (?) wireless card. Do I need anything else to go online at hot spots? How
> about a hi speed modem between the laptop and hot spot?

No need for any modem of any kind if you are going wireless.
but make sure when going to Hotspots that your Laptop is configured
as a DCHP client.

Your laptop will get it's IP address, gateway and DNS from the Hotspot
and will be promoted for authentication for paid services.


Panda,
http://forums.networkingland.com

rb <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm new to the wireless laptop business. My old Micron laptop uses a
> pcmcia (?) wireless card. Do I need anything else to go online at hot
> spots? How about a hi speed modem between the laptop and hot spot?

How old? What OS? Do you have WiFi at home?
If you already have WiFi working at home, it will probably just work when
you get to a WiFi hotspot.

If you don't already have it working, but it's WinXP-SP2, and you can see
the card in the Network Connections window, it will probably just work.

At a Starbucks, with no subscription, you will get a login page when you
open a new browser window trying to get to any page.

--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

Thanks for the info. Not sure how old the Micron Trek II is, but certainly
not even close to new.

It runs Win 2000.