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Title: Acer Aspire laptop card question
Post by: Varche on 20 February 2011, 17:47:59
Mrs Varche is using an Acer Aspire laptop in England right now.. She is accessing the Internet via BTFon. As there isn't a wired connection I assume the laptop has some form of wireless comms. Any idea what?

Could a bog standard PC tower have a card fitted to share the Internet with the laptop acting as the hub. Both run XP? If so what card would be needed? 
Title: Re: Acer Aspire laptop card question
Post by: RobG on 20 February 2011, 18:18:18
Something like this maybe :-/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DWL-G510-802-11g-Wireless-Card/dp/B000ANZJQC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1298225908&sr=8-3
Title: Re: Acer Aspire laptop card question
Post by: Plomien on 20 February 2011, 18:30:29
better to use a router it can be done but its a pain to sort out
Title: Re: Acer Aspire laptop card question
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 20 February 2011, 18:48:35
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Mrs Varche is using an Acer Aspire laptop in England right now.. She is accessing the Internet via BTFon. As there isn't a wired connection I assume the laptop has some form of wireless comms. Any idea what?

Could a bog standard PC tower have a card fitted to share the Internet with the laptop acting as the hub. Both run XP? If so what card would be needed? 

Any pci wireless card will do......but you will need to enable internet sharing (easy to do, just a tick box) :y
Title: Re: Acer Aspire laptop card question
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 February 2011, 19:17:21
BT FON is just connecting on the back of someone else's BT home hub. All you need is a wireless LAN PCI card, then configure it exactly as you would the laptop. :y

Kevin
Title: Re: Acer Aspire laptop card question
Post by: Vamps on 20 February 2011, 21:37:30
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BT FON is just connecting on the back of someone else's BT home hub. All you need is a wireless LAN PCI card, then configure it exactly as you would the laptop. :y

Kevin

OK, now computers are not my best area but I am confused, if she is connected to btfon then she must have a wireless laptop surly..... ::) ::)
Title: Re: Acer Aspire laptop card question
Post by: Varche on 20 February 2011, 21:55:39
It is eight years since I had a laptop at work. They have errm moved on a bit since then.

I was guessing that this borrowed laptop must be equiped with a wireless card.

The BT FOn works but is often very slow. Clever marketing ploy from BT and it has done the job. The alternative would have been endless time consuming visits to a library or an Internet cafe.

Might look at a router to put 3G dongle in as near to signal as possible and then wireless card in PC tower.

Thanks for info. :y