Internet on My Laptop

[w1ldstly3]

I've got an old Dell Latitude laptop. It has no wireless card, a PIII cpu, and 128mb of ram. I want to surf the web on it in my room. I have a wireless access point and another router. Is there some way to configure the second router to get internet from the one connected to the internet? I am using my parents computer at the moment and am in desperate need of my own computer[other was taken]. I know it sounds a bit dumb but I am getting quite desperate as you can see. Thanks for your input in advance.

[JohnEdwards]

run an CAT 5 cable to the laptop as long as it has a connection for it

[BananasGoMoo]

or a CAT 6.

[w1ldstly3]

[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;17364537]run an CAT 5 cable to the laptop as long as it has a connection for it[/QUOTE]

From my secondary router to my laptop? Or from my router that is connected to the internet? This has to be discreet so my parents don't get wise to my shennanigans.

[BananasGoMoo]

[QUOTE=its shortie;17364592]From my secondary router to my laptop? Or from my router that is connected to the internet? This has to be discreet so my parents don't get wise to my shennanigans.[/QUOTE]

you arent allowed to use a router?

[w1ldstly3]

[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17364738]you arent allowed to use a router?[/QUOTE]

I am grounded at the moment, but my parents forgot to take my PoS laptop. The laptop doesn't have a wireless card in it though so i need some other way to get internet on it without running a cable.

[BananasGoMoo]

[QUOTE=its shortie;17364835]I am grounded at the moment, but my parents forgot to take my PoS laptop. The laptop doesn't have a wireless card in it though so i need some other way to get internet on it without running a cable.[/QUOTE]

wireless card =/= ethernet cable

every PC has a ethernet port

use it

[CombineGuru]

[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17364868]

[b]every PC has a ethernet port[/b]

[/QUOTE]

Actually, my old Pentium MX machine from '97 had no ethernet.

[JohnEdwards]

phone line

[BananasGoMoo]

[QUOTE=CombineGuru;17365573]Actually, my old Pentium MX machine from '97 had no ethernet.[/QUOTE]

ok every PC after 2000 then

[w1ldstly3]

[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17364868]wireless card =/= ethernet cable

every PC has a ethernet port[/QUOTE]

No shit. I need to get internet WITHOUT running a cable.

[BananasGoMoo]

[QUOTE=its shortie;17372910]No shit. I need to get internet WITHOUT running a cable.[/QUOTE]

wireless

ethernet

pick one

[w1ldstly3]

[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17374867]wireless

ethernet

pick one[/QUOTE]

Mabye you should read the OP again. I need to get internet on my laptop in my room. I CANNOT run a cable. There is no built in wireless in the laptop. I have another router that is just lying around. My question was if i could some how use my other router to pick up my wireless signal on my main router to get internet on my laptop.

[Protocol7_2]

[QUOTE=its shortie;17375270]Mabye you should read the OP again. I need to get internet on my laptop in my room. I CANNOT run a cable. There is no built in wireless in the laptop. I have another router that is just lying around. My question was if i could some how use my other router to pick up my wireless signal on my main router to get internet on my laptop.[/QUOTE]

if you're whining about not having a wifi adapter that goes in the PCMCIA slot and not getting wifi, just stop talking

[lemonlimecom]

Yes, you can. You need DD-WRT custom firmware though. Or a netgear. Brand of router please?

[microsnakey]

[QUOTE=its shortie;17375270]Mabye you should read the OP again. I need to get internet on my laptop in my room. I CANNOT run a cable. There is no built in wireless in the laptop. I have another router that is just lying around. My question was if i could some how use my other router to pick up my wireless signal on my main router to get internet on my laptop.[/QUOTE]
Buy a card its like what £10

[MetricMoose]

[QUOTE=lemonlimecom;17377224]Yes, you can. You need DD-WRT custom firmware though. Or a netgear. Brand of router please?[/QUOTE]

This. Very handy firmware.

[Zarfa]

Buy one of those Usb wireles things. They are like flash drives but they are nearly the same thing with a wireless just portable. [B]OR[/B] get a connect card so you can have a mobile connection.

[w1ldstly3]

I have a linksys and a D-Link. The D-link will be wired to my laptop.

[JohnEdwards]

most dells have wireless but the drivers aren't installed

[stone555]

[QUOTE=its shortie;17394217]I have a linksys and a D-Link. The D-link will be wired to my laptop.[/QUOTE]Get DD-WRT firmware and set it as a repeater.

[limulus54]

[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17365768]ok every PC after 2000 then[/QUOTE]

macbook air

[BananasGoMoo]

[QUOTE=limulus54;17410414]macbook air[/QUOTE]

mac doesnt count

[MetricMoose]

[QUOTE=its shortie;17394217]I have a linksys and a D-Link. The D-link will be wired to my laptop.[/QUOTE]

Last time I checked, the DLinks weren't compatible with it. Now if it were the Linksys...

[Pixel Heart]

Build a wireless bridge using the two routers.

[MetricMoose]

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;17438426]Build a wireless bridge using the two routers.[/QUOTE]

Not all routers have that mode.

[UNIX_nikomo]

[QUOTE=benjgvps;17438439]Not all routers have that mode.[/QUOTE]
Most have.
I have a wireless router from around 2003, mayby 2004 and it supports it.