problems connecting to the internet

I borrowed a friend's XP netbook to take with me on a trip so I would
not have to lug my heavy laptop on the trip. So I am setting it up to
use for email and web use on the trip.

My friend has it set up to connect through his own home wireless network.

I created a separate user account to not mess his up. How do I set
things up so it work on any network - as in hotels etc like my present
laptop does when I travel with it.

The netbook's ipconfig /all settings are as follows:
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Serafina
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adap
> ter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-4D-AC-01-C4
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.83.1.10
> 209.137.160.3

1. What should I change - and how?
2. Will this mess his settings for him?

Thanks for any help.

Jeff

On 3/13/11 5:29 PM, (E-Mail Removed)d wrote:
> I borrowed a friend's XP netbook to take with me on a trip so I would
> not have to lug my heavy laptop on the trip. So I am setting it up to
> use for email and web use on the trip.
>
> My friend has it set up to connect through his own home wireless network.
>
> I created a separate user account to not mess his up. How do I set
> things up so it work on any network - as in hotels etc like my present
> laptop does when I travel with it.
>
> The netbook's ipconfig /all settings are as follows:
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Serafina
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adap
>> ter
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-4D-AC-01-C4
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.83.1.10
>> 209.137.160.3
>
> 1. What should I change - and how?
> 2. Will this mess his settings for him?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jeff
solved.