Internet Access - Network, Wireless and Phone

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Hi Tim,

I move around & travel quite a bit, so I know the problem you are
describing very well. The big problem was sending e-mails. These days,
some of your bigger ISPs like Earthlink offer 'authenticated SMTP'. I
signed up with www.fastmail.fm a number of years ago, and have been
using it 99% of the time.

As to connecting to networks, I used both wired & unwired with no
difficulty. If I am using wireless, I just push the button to turn it
on. If there is no wireless available, I turn it off and plug in the
Ethernet cable. When neither wireless or wired is available, I plug in
my Sierra AirCard 750 (PC-Card) and connect through cellular.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
~ He esteems too lightly



Tim wrote:

| I am setting up some new equipment in our office. One of the
| salesman is getting a new laptop with a 10/100 ethernet NIC,
| Wireless and modem.
|
| While he is in the office (connected to our Novell network via the
| 10/100 ethernet card) he would like to take advantage of our ADSL
| internet connection shared by the network. At home, he has a
| wireless router connected to a cable modem. On the road, he would
| like to be able to use the modem to connect to the internet.
|
| I understand that he will have to have multiple internet access
| accounts (the cable modem at home and an isp that will cover him
| for the dial-ups).
|
| What is the simplest way to set this laptop up so that he is not
| jumping through hoops every time tries to connect to the internet
| from a different location?
|
| His operation system is XP Pro.
|
| Thanks in advance, Tim
|
|
|
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Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Tim <tim_nospam@brewersmarine.com> wrote:
>
> What is the simplest way to set this laptop up so that he is not
> jumping
> through hoops every time tries to connect to the internet from a
> different location?

Netswitcher: http://www.netswitcher.com/ but most newer laptops usually have
a similar utility "built-in".

What type of laptop is it?

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James

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Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

....
> I move around & travel quite a bit, so I know the problem you are
> describing very well. The big problem was sending e-mails. These days,
> some of your bigger ISPs like Earthlink offer 'authenticated SMTP'. I
> signed up with www.fastmail.fm a number of years ago, and have been
> using it 99% of the time.
>

Tim, if you don't do something like Joseph does with fastmail, the problem
will be sending email, because you usually have to be sending off the system
you are dialed in to. It's ususally easy to receive email off another
system. For example, I use both AT&T and Earthlink, so I need these
accounts in my account list for Outlook or Outlook Express:

1. AT&T on AT&T (when logged into to AT&T, it sends & receives via AT&T)
2. AT&T on earthlink (when logged into earthlink, it receives AT&T, but
sends out on earthlink)
3. Earthlink on AT&T (when logged into AT&T, it receives earthlink but sends
out on AT&T)
4. Earthlink on Earthlink (when logged into earthlink, it sends and receives
on earthlink)

So if I'm on my home DSL, I use 2&4 to check all my mail, on the road with
dial-ups, I use 1&3. However, things still get screwed up when you hit
"reply" to an email that came in on 3 when you're logged onto 1.

In addition to something like fastmail like Joseph mentioned, the other
alternative is that most ISP's now have web-based mail, which you can use
regardless of what ISP you use. This is also useful in a lot of hotels that
provide a broadband connection.