Hooking Dell Latitude to the phone line HOW?

oneyeehaw · 07-28-2005, 05:39 AM

Ok...... I do not consider myself a stupid person but this laptop I bought off off EBAY has me stumped.

I wanted to simply plug my phone line into it but I cannot find a place to plug it to...............It does however have a wireless card from Trendnet.

Someone please tell me HOW to do it...........PLEEEASE Do I net some other hardware??????????????

oneyeehaw@sbcglobal.net

>KAren

alanuofm · 07-28-2005, 06:27 AM

do you have sbc dsl or sbc dial up?

i just looked on the sbc site and i dont even see them offering 56k. are you sure its not an ethernet cable you are trying to plug in?

oneyeehaw · 07-28-2005, 03:26 PM

Yes, I have SBC dsl.
The problem is I cannot find the hole that the phone line needs on my laptop. Thats weird isn't it???

>Karen

alanuofm · 07-28-2005, 03:59 PM

its not connected via telephone line. the telephone jack should connect to the modem and then the ethernet cable should connect to your laptop. if you have the black speedsteam modem then the ethernet cable should be yellow.

XHotxEx791 · 07-29-2005, 02:25 AM

Maybe your dell doesnt have ethernet port, i remember some don't. So get wireless or adapter

alanuofm · 07-29-2005, 02:31 AM

can you give us the model on the laptop then?

X24 · 07-29-2005, 04:20 AM

buy yourself a wireless router,it will just be simpler over-all.

but if you don't want to do that, and u can't find any line-in thingy, u might just be screwed. so it will probably be easier to get a wireless router and use that wireless card.

oneyeehaw · 07-31-2005, 05:07 AM

I have the latitude cpi a. The laptop did come with a wireless card and I now have a wireless router. Bad news?? Cannot get the card to talk to the router or vis versa.............anyhow I am now online, but have purchased the pc card with the ethernet cat 6 adapter. I am plugged into the router and have internet access (typing this response on my laptop)

My card is by trend net and the router is by linksys..... wouldnt you know trendnet is out untill monday ...............?! Probably messed up the configuration but have spent hours trying to figure it out to no avail!!!

Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

>Karen

alanuofm · 08-01-2005, 06:39 PM

did you install the drivers for the wireless card?

oneyeehaw · 08-01-2005, 07:22 PM

yes. I reinstalled the drivers because the card was already in the laptop when I purchased it. Still get not response to router. The bottom right corner says something like "cable is unplugged"............???

>K

07-28-2005, 05:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
oneyeehaw New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14	Hooking Dell Latitude to the phone line HOW? Ok...... I do not consider myself a stupid person but this laptop I bought off off EBAY has me stumped. I wanted to simply plug my phone line into it but I cannot find a place to plug it to...............It does however have a wireless card from Trendnet. Someone please tell me HOW to do it...........PLEEEASE Do I net some other hardware?????????????? oneyeehaw@sbcglobal.net >KAren

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alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	do you have sbc dsl or sbc dial up? i just looked on the sbc site and i dont even see them offering 56k. are you sure its not an ethernet cable you are trying to plug in? Last edited by alanuofm; 07-28-2005 at 06:30 AM.

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07-28-2005, 03:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
oneyeehaw New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14	Yes, I have SBC dsl. The problem is I cannot find the hole that the phone line needs on my laptop. Thats weird isn't it??? >Karen

07-28-2005, 03:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	its not connected via telephone line. the telephone jack should connect to the modem and then the ethernet cable should connect to your laptop. if you have the black speedsteam modem then the ethernet cable should be yellow.

07-29-2005, 02:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	can you give us the model on the laptop then?

07-31-2005, 05:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
oneyeehaw New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14	I have the latitude cpi a. The laptop did come with a wireless card and I now have a wireless router. Bad news?? Cannot get the card to talk to the router or vis versa.............anyhow I am now online, but have purchased the pc card with the ethernet cat 6 adapter. I am plugged into the router and have internet access (typing this response on my laptop) My card is by trend net and the router is by linksys..... wouldnt you know trendnet is out untill monday ...............?! Probably messed up the configuration but have spent hours trying to figure it out to no avail!!! Any suggestions would be appreciated!! >Karen

08-01-2005, 06:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	did you install the drivers for the wireless card?

08-01-2005, 07:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
oneyeehaw New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14	yes. I reinstalled the drivers because the card was already in the laptop when I purchased it. Still get not response to router. The bottom right corner says something like "cable is unplugged"............??? >K