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I have recently purchased a new laptop. This is due to my up and coming start of university. The laptop as a wireless modem in it, but I am not quite sure how to connect to the internet. At my house I currently have broadband on my stand alone PC, Is there any way to be able to use this connection? With this you will have to take into account that I currently live in the Channel Islands and will be moving to Mainland UK soon. Cheers any help appreciated.
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if you have broadband, you'll find that you probably connect your cable/ADSL modem to your pc with something that looks like a phone line, but a bit thicker. (RJ45 cable)
your laptop will come with a port to use that connection if you like, just unplug it from your PC and put into laptop. you may need to turn off your modem for a while though, in case it remembers what computer it's been plugged into.
if you want to use your laptop wirelessly, you'll have to buy a wireless router. these come in two forms: cable router and ADSL router. what you want depends on what broadband type you'll be getting at uni, if you want to use it wirelessly there.
your laptop will come with a port to use that connection if you like, just unplug it from your PC and put into laptop. you may need to turn off your modem for a while though, in case it remembers what computer it's been plugged into.
if you want to use your laptop wirelessly, you'll have to buy a wireless router. these come in two forms: cable router and ADSL router. what you want depends on what broadband type you'll be getting at uni, if you want to use it wirelessly there.
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