A daft question for all you technology geeks out there

[pianomann1984]

OK...I have a laptop, and need some help.  Say I'm sittin in the cafe or on the train and I wanna connect to the internet...what do I need to do this?  Is there a cardbus adapter or something that I can use to connect the the internet remotely/wirelessly?  How much does the average thing cost?  this might seem like a kinda stupid question but I'm not the most technologically informed person in the world!

Any help you can offer would be much appreciated!

Many thanks,

Chris

[Dazzer]

few ways you can accomplish this.
but most of this requires a wireless connection.

and a large portion of it depends on the services the train provides.

situation 1)

Train supplies you with either
a) a wireless access point which you can access to get to the internet.
b) a physical connection to something which can access the internet.

both cases require the train to actually HAVE a connection to the internet in the first place.

situation 2)

Train doesn't supply you with connection.

You'll have to make do with a phone modem.

WHat you'll need

a) wap/3g/gprs phone that can connect to the internet. It must also have a means of connecting to your computer either thorugh
      -bluetooth
      -usb
      -infrared etc
b) a subcription to a service provider providing you with this internet service.

then its a "SIMPLE" matter of getting your computer to use yourmobile phone as a modem to access the internet. This also depends on whehter you can connect to your service provider on the train (rare in rural areas)

SIMPLE = i wish you the best of luck.

Dazzer

(if there's any easier way... well... by all means haha)

[pianomann1984]

lol...many thanks...just had a long frustratingly confusing chat with a friend of mne about it and i think its mostly clear now!!!


I have a wireless lan adapter, so I can connect to routers in cafes/my uni library...hopefully that should be enough to suit my purposes for now...if not i'll have to think about getting an infrared PCMCIA card for my phone.

Many thanks,

Chris

[Dazzer]

infrared? why infrared? for phone?

haha sorry i actually didn't even read about you being in a cafe... thought it had to be a train specifically.