Hey folks, I just bought me a sexy spanking mew laptop, only so I can surf from my warm cosy bed..Ive installed Netstumbler, becuase I think I can steal my own internet tp use on it..But I dont know what the frick I am doing

Wi fi me do please

too technical for me guitar girl .... but congrats on your new 'baby'

Thanks cheeky - Ive effed it up so now its a £400 portable dvd player

Kebabman: I dont have a cable router thingy, I has this idea I could piggy back off my connection with netstublmer - but then I installed the WLAN, and tried to set up a network between the two but in doing so it set itself a router IP and I lost my dhcp, but I managed to reset back. So yeah my laptop now is sat on the floor playing a metallica dvd - lovely graphics but fack else going on. I think I'll have to get a cable WR and do it properly. Oh I forgot, the AP said it has an excellent connection at 100mphs - no idea whats going on, but either way nothing is happening.

the only way to use the net on your laptop is either with a direct connection to the net or thru a router ( ur cable/phoneline connects to router then ur computer is connected to the router) if u have 1 or when u get 1 ul need to access the routers setting . u do this by typing the routers address in ur firefox/IE address bar (routers address will b supplied with router or else by ur isp). once accessed u can change things like ur routers firewall settings etc etc and u can set up a wireless conn! the routers also hand cos it also lets u hook up ur laptop to your computer! hope dat helps?

afaik netstumbler mainly just shows signal strength on inrange access points.

Beware! You can get nicked for using someone elses wifi connection.
If using a router, always

1) Enable password protection ( as much help as a chicken on one leg )
2) Enable mac address security ( very good, but not uncrackable )