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Originally Posted by ilford-jedi
My young 'un's lappy has currently got NTL's Dial-up software installed but I need to get her onto broadband via my wireless router. Her lappy's got Wi-Fi but I'm not sure how to go about getting her connected. I assume that I'll have to un-install the dial up software but what do I have to do then? I'm a not very techniclly minded I'm afraid. 
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The connection properties in her web browser will need to be changed, so that it is set to connect directly to the internet, & not try & connect via dial-up.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d....html#basicset
See attachments for Internet Explorer & Firefox.
The WiFi card in her laptop will need to be enabled, if it isn't already.
The TCP/IP settings for the WiFi card will need to use DHCP, & be set to Obtain an IP Address Automatically & Obtain DNS Server Addresses Automatically.
The wireless connection will need to be told the wireless router's SSID, or you can scan for it & connect to it (if the SSID is broadcast).
The laptop WiFi will be connecting to an "access point (infrastructure)" network (i.e. the wireless router), rather than a "computer to computer (adhoc)" network.
If the wireless router has security set up on it (& it should do! see this:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?a=12), then you'll need to set it up on the laptop so it can connect to the router.
Here's some links about setting up a wireless network...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...314897&sd=tech
http://www.utexas.edu/its/wireless/i...ig_winall.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/how...433916,00.html
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/w...obuildwlan.htm
Some wireless info...
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=16296