internet anywhere

tuffdavi · 05-11-2005, 01:14 AM

i have a laptop and i travel on planes and cars for long distances and i was wondering if i could have any sort of internet when im traveling if so how

thanks for any help

ripken2004 · 05-11-2005, 03:01 AM

i think if you had one of those toshiba satalite notebooks, you cant have internet on a plane but possibly with the toshiba in a car

narafa · 05-11-2005, 10:28 AM

Mostly you won't be able to have any sort of electronic communication that might interfer with the crews' and the plane communication devices, so most probably you won't be able to get any internet connection inside an airplane.

Why don't you ask the air company itself and see what is possible and what's not possible over their flights???

[-0MEGA-] · 05-11-2005, 10:32 AM

You can get an Aircard, im not sure which companies offer this but im sure you can do a search and find out, its pretty much the same thing as going online though your phone, but without the phone. They offer different speeds, but the price is high.

narafa · 05-11-2005, 10:42 AM

It's the first time for me to know about the AirCard. This would be a very good idea.

Scrat · 05-11-2005, 10:48 AM

Any laptop can be connected to the internet by 3 ways that i know of while traveling.

1. If you have a Modem card in the laptop, you can "dial-up" to the internet using a local phone line in a hotel/shop/home/etc.. the exact same way you would if you had dial-up internet on your home PC instead of ADSL or cable.
I.e. Your ISP gives you a phone number to connect to for your local area. You enter this in your dial-up properties in Internet Explorer under the connections tab, then "connect" via it.

2. Most mobile phones come with a cable to connect it to your PC, and some software utilitys as well. When you connect your mobile phone to your PC you should also be given the option to install drivers that will enable your PC to use the mobile phone as a modem, thus you willl be able to connect to the internet the same way as in #1, just without having to actualy be plugged into a wall socket.... so you could do it in a car provided you have signal
Using this method it is entirely posible to connect while on a Plane... However i beleave using a mobile phone on a plane is a "Jailable" offence in most countries and could Endanger your life and that of everyone else on the plane.

3. If you are staying in a hotel, most medium to high quality hotels will have In-Room internet access via their in-house network.
To use this, when checking in they will give you a little card with instructions how to setup your PC to work with it.... basicaly you plug the Network card of your laptop into the port on the wall in the hotel room then tell IE not to make a Dial-up connection, but to instead "detect setings automaticaly" under the LAN settings.

[-0MEGA-] · 05-11-2005, 10:59 AM

You also forgot the aircard, same thing as connecting thru a phone but without the need for a phone. I believe he wants to connect while on the move, not at a fixed location. Good idea though if he was.

tuffdavi · 05-11-2005, 08:31 PM

ya i heard about the cell phone hook up thing i have a audiovox CDM8600BA celphone will that work if so wat do i need

Greenheadhunter · 05-13-2005, 02:57 AM

I don't know if that aircard would be the securist thing in the world.

05-11-2005, 01:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
tuffdavi Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: canada Age: 17 Posts: 75	internet anywhere i have a laptop and i travel on planes and cars for long distances and i was wondering if i could have any sort of internet when im traveling if so how thanks for any help

05-11-2005, 10:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
narafa Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Egypt Age: 29 Posts: 450	Mostly you won't be able to have any sort of electronic communication that might interfer with the crews' and the plane communication devices, so most probably you won't be able to get any internet connection inside an airplane. Why don't you ask the air company itself and see what is possible and what's not possible over their flights??? __________________ - Intel P4 1.8 Ghz - 512 KB L2 Cache - GigaByte MoBo with built in sound - 384 MB SDRAM PC133 - GeForce 2 MX 400, 64 MB - 80 GB Segate HDD + 80 GB WD HDD - 52X LG CD-ROM - 52X-24X-52X LG CD-RW - LG 14" Monitor :mad: - NIC 10/100 - Rockwell Internal Modem - ADSL 256 Kbps :mad: - Generic Floppy, Keyboard, Mouse & Speakers Protected by Norton Corporate Edition & Sygate Personal Firewall If you are dead sure that you are right, then probably the rest of the world is WRONG!!

05-11-2005, 10:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	You can get an Aircard, im not sure which companies offer this but im sure you can do a search and find out, its pretty much the same thing as going online though your phone, but without the phone. They offer different speeds, but the price is high. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

05-11-2005, 10:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
narafa Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Egypt Age: 29 Posts: 450	It's the first time for me to know about the AirCard. This would be a very good idea. __________________ - Intel P4 1.8 Ghz - 512 KB L2 Cache - GigaByte MoBo with built in sound - 384 MB SDRAM PC133 - GeForce 2 MX 400, 64 MB - 80 GB Segate HDD + 80 GB WD HDD - 52X LG CD-ROM - 52X-24X-52X LG CD-RW - LG 14" Monitor :mad: - NIC 10/100 - Rockwell Internal Modem - ADSL 256 Kbps :mad: - Generic Floppy, Keyboard, Mouse & Speakers Protected by Norton Corporate Edition & Sygate Personal Firewall If you are dead sure that you are right, then probably the rest of the world is WRONG!!

05-11-2005, 10:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
Scrat Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 27 Posts: 630	Any laptop can be connected to the internet by 3 ways that i know of while traveling. 1. If you have a Modem card in the laptop, you can "dial-up" to the internet using a local phone line in a hotel/shop/home/etc.. the exact same way you would if you had dial-up internet on your home PC instead of ADSL or cable. I.e. Your ISP gives you a phone number to connect to for your local area. You enter this in your dial-up properties in Internet Explorer under the connections tab, then "connect" via it. 2. Most mobile phones come with a cable to connect it to your PC, and some software utilitys as well. When you connect your mobile phone to your PC you should also be given the option to install drivers that will enable your PC to use the mobile phone as a modem, thus you willl be able to connect to the internet the same way as in #1, just without having to actualy be plugged into a wall socket.... so you could do it in a car provided you have signal Using this method it is entirely posible to connect while on a Plane... However i beleave using a mobile phone on a plane is a "Jailable" offence in most countries and could Endanger your life and that of everyone else on the plane. 3. If you are staying in a hotel, most medium to high quality hotels will have In-Room internet access via their in-house network. To use this, when checking in they will give you a little card with instructions how to setup your PC to work with it.... basicaly you plug the Network card of your laptop into the port on the wall in the hotel room then tell IE not to make a Dial-up connection, but to instead "detect setings automaticaly" under the LAN settings. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+, GigaByte GA-K8NS Ultra-939 Ltd Ed. ATI Radeon GeCube 256Mb 9600XT, Compro DVB-T300 Dig/Analog TV Card 2x 1GB, 2x 512Mb DDR CL3 400Mhz PC3200 - Dual Channel WD 120Gb SATA 7200rpm 8MB, WD 80Gb SATA 7200rpm 8MB Excel 108Mb Wireless PCI, WinXP Prof. Samsung CD-R/RW 52-32-52, Samsung DVD 16x reader, LG DVD MultiBurner Benq 17" FP71E 12ms LCD, Logitech LX700 K&M, Logitech G25 Racing Wheel, Logitech Z-5400 FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND!! Team 44358

05-11-2005, 03:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
ripken2004 Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 534	i think if you had one of those toshiba satalite notebooks, you cant have internet on a plane but possibly with the toshiba in a car

05-11-2005, 10:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	You also forgot the aircard, same thing as connecting thru a phone but without the need for a phone. I believe he wants to connect while on the move, not at a fixed location. Good idea though if he was. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

05-11-2005, 08:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
tuffdavi Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: canada Age: 17 Posts: 75	ya i heard about the cell phone hook up thing i have a audiovox CDM8600BA celphone will that work if so wat do i need

05-13-2005, 02:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
Greenheadhunter Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 20 Posts: 25	I don't know if that aircard would be the securist thing in the world.

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