internet connection with hp ipaq 4150

[sammy.kk]

hello guys im a newbie and have just bout a hp 4150 its gr8 i can find free exelent games on limewire.anyway i need SERIOUS HELP becouse i need to connect to the internet i have not bought any software or hardware for it.I have read some pdf's people have left but it all sounds mumbo jumbo to me what do i need to get to get my little ipaq to the net?

please help people and simple language would be very much apreciated as i do not understand complex language

[tgriner]

If you have a wireless network, all you have to do is tap on the "iPAQ wireless" and then tap "WLAN." Once it turns green that means wireless capabilities are good to go. Hope this helps.

[NorseMan]

or if you have a cell that supports bluetooth / depending on your service - you can go dailup. Its not the fastest but its better than nothing. WiFi is the way to go if you can find a hotspot near u.

[Sooner Al]

...look at this HP document...

http://h200001.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00157709/c00157709.pdf

Beyond that, do you have a wired/wireless network at home?

[sammy.kk]

well im not sure i have ntl broadband-does that help?

[Sooner Al]

Since you have a broadband ISP then you have a few choices to make.

1. A less expensive way to access the internet wirelessly is to purchase a wireless card for one of your desktops and setup an ad-hoc connection with the iPAQ. See these two ad-hoc guides for examples on how to set this up...

http://www.pc-counselor.com/ad-hoc.htm
http://www.geocities.com/grieg_winter/adhoc/index.html

ICS setup for various flavors of Windows...

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/

2. A more expensive way to access the internet wirlessly is to purchase a wireless access point/broadband router combination device. The wireless access point/broadband router combination device connects directly to your broadband modem and you connect your desktops to it using wired ethernet connections. You can read hardware reviews, read How-Tos, etc at...

http://www.homenethelp.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.timhiggins.com/

Personally, I use a Buffalo WBR-G54 4-Port Broadband Router/802.11b/g Wireless Access Point to share my cable ISP with my home desktops and iPAQ 5555.

Al's home network (http://members.cox.net/ajarvi/LAN/The_Illustrated_Network.html)