lapop internet access wireless

Hello to all

I am about to have broadband and was wondering what to do,
I only have a Acer 2.4Ghz laptop and like to use this all around the house,
lets me be in the same room as the wife when she's wathing the old DIY
programs!!
My question is this is it possible to have a wireless system (internet cloud
I think is the term saw it on TV) so I can surf the net from any where in
the house without the need for wires? and what would I need?

Many thanks to all who respond

Bryan

alcistra <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hello to all
>
> I am about to have broadband and was wondering what to do,
> I only have a Acer 2.4Ghz laptop and like to use this all around the house,
> lets me be in the same room as the wife when she's wathing the old DIY
> programs!!
> My question is this is it possible to have a wireless system (internet cloud
> I think is the term saw it on TV) so I can surf the net from any where in
> the house without the need for wires? and what would I need?

Is 'house' a 20 foot trailer, or a 340 room mansion.

In general, one or more wireless accesspoints would work.
What is your current connection to the net?

you can buy a wireless router and either use a PCMCIA card in your notebook
or some kind of USB wireless device, some USB devices have little pop up
antenna's that help with wireless signal strength. I use a wireless 802.11b
Netgear 4 port router, I have one desktop that is wired, one desktop that is
wireless, and my notebook that uses a Netgear PCMCIA wireless card. I have
no trouble with signal strength anywhere in my house with my notebook. The
802.11b standard is cheap these days and if you are just using the notebook
to surf and email, it will be just fine. The only reason you would need to
go to the 802.11g standard would be if you are sharing big files within your
home network. Hope this info helps...


"alcistra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c14iif$1dc3aq$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello to all
>
> I am about to have broadband and was wondering what to do,
> I only have a Acer 2.4Ghz laptop and like to use this all around the
house,
> lets me be in the same room as the wife when she's wathing the old DIY
> programs!!
> My question is this is it possible to have a wireless system (internet
cloud
> I think is the term saw it on TV) so I can surf the net from any where in
> the house without the need for wires? and what would I need?
>
> Many thanks to all who respond
>
> Bryan
>
>

Thanks to both now sorted

Alcistra

"Joe Eiffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> you can buy a wireless router and either use a PCMCIA card in your
notebook
> or some kind of USB wireless device, some USB devices have little pop up
> antenna's that help with wireless signal strength. I use a wireless
802.11b
> Netgear 4 port router, I have one desktop that is wired, one desktop that
is
> wireless, and my notebook that uses a Netgear PCMCIA wireless card. I
have
> no trouble with signal strength anywhere in my house with my notebook.
The
> 802.11b standard is cheap these days and if you are just using the
notebook
> to surf and email, it will be just fine. The only reason you would need
to
> go to the 802.11g standard would be if you are sharing big files within
your
> home network. Hope this info helps...
>
>
> "alcistra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c14iif$1dc3aq$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello to all
> >
> > I am about to have broadband and was wondering what to do,
> > I only have a Acer 2.4Ghz laptop and like to use this all around the
> house,
> > lets me be in the same room as the wife when she's wathing the old DIY
> > programs!!
> > My question is this is it possible to have a wireless system (internet
> cloud
> > I think is the term saw it on TV) so I can surf the net from any where
in
> > the house without the need for wires? and what would I need?
> >
> > Many thanks to all who respond
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> >
>
>