Need internet guidance!

[traksta15 10+ year member]

Ok, i moved back home for the summer and I have an internet question. My room doesn't have a phone line (we have dial up) and the only internet connection is in the living room. I have this on my computer:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2470730

So my question is: What all do I need to get internet in my room?? If someone could provide me with links that'd be great, thanks in advance and all help is greatly appreciated!!

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[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

WTF he doesnt have a phone line but u have dial up. That makes no sense. U need a phone line to use dial up. To use that card u need a router w/ cable or DSL(which i doubt u have since u dont have a phone line.) that supports that cards wi-fi interface

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

lol

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

WTF he doesnt have a phone line but u have dial up. That makes no sense. U need a phone line to use dial up. To use that card u need a router w/ cable or DSL(which i doubt u have since u dont have a phone line.) that supports that cards wi-fi interface

i'd like to see someone use dial up wirelessy as well.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

i'd like to see someone use dial up wirelessy as well.

could be done pretty easily, but requires a hub/router that has wireless support. Just have a computer that uses dial up, have the computer hooked up to a router/hub (network). Then have a network setup so that everyone connects to the internet thro that main computer. Probably be slow as hell tho since 1 person on dial up is already slow enough.

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

Ok, i moved back home for the summer and I have an internet question. My room doesn't have a phone line (we have dial up) and the only internet connection is in the living room. I have this on my computer: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2470730

So my question is: What all do I need to get internet in my room?? If someone could provide me with links that'd be great, thanks in advance and all help is greatly appreciated!!

MY ROOM doesn't have a phone line-the living room does

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

MY ROOM doesn't have a phone line-the living room does

so run a long phone line? simple as that. U can probably get like 100' for like $15 anyways

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

could be done pretty easily, but requires a hub/router that has wireless support. Just have a computer that uses dial up, have the computer hooked up to a router/hub (network). Then have a network setup so that everyone connects to the internet thro that main computer. Probably be slow as hell tho since 1 person on dial up is already slow enough.

lol. the most annoying connection in the history of modern day internet. you may as well use web tv.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

lol. the most annoying connection in the history of modern day internet. you may as well use web tv.

naw, most annoying one is a really slow dial up. I remeber my dial up connection was 26.6kps, didn't even get 56k //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif But I live in a private area of the city. That was a good 10 years ago tho //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

Ours is 41kbps, lol

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

Ours is 41kbps, lol

there's sattelite internet now. don't know much about it, but it might be worth looking up.

 

[brendan_121212]

Sharing a Dial Up connection is very hard to do, tried it, could never get it working. We ended up getting satellite internet way better, and 1000 times easier to share. I'd say get another phone line installed (you can do it red neck style by running extention cords up the stairs or wherever.)

Or get satellite internet it costs alot for the equipment, and the monthly fee is a bit high, but if you have a second phone line for internet that costs $20 per month and an internet connection that costs $20 the fee doesn't seem too bad

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

Im thinkin of how I can run a phone cord from my sisters room across the hall (gotta be secretive of it though)

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

If you network the computers you can share the internet. You can even connect/disconnect from the second computer if you set it up right.

 

[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

not sure if it would work, but couldn't this be used

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2470125

woops, just noticed , it says BROADBAND router...no good