Your laptop should at least be able to detect the presence of a wireless network. Are you sure that they have one? If their wireless network is secure, you won't actually be able to connect without entering their network encryption key, which they would have to give you.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Questionabout wireless cards and not being able too connect when visiting while I'm in Michigan. Hello everyone, Could anyone on this list that's familiar with wireless cards, with lap top computers, please give me instructions on the following problem. Whenever I visit my nieceshouse and try to use my lap top computer, I'm unable too pick upany signal. She and her husband are connectedtoo com cast cable. Does anyone know if their's some kind of specific code that they use so that I can have my wireless card on my lap top computerconnect and be able too receive a signal? Also, is this considered illegal?Because if it is, That's something that I don't want too do at any cost. I also experience this same sortof problem when I'm visiting my girl friends house, even though she only livs six floors above me. We both use Verizon as our inter net provider. Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [email protected]
