How to connect my new laptop to the internet?

Question

I just got a new dell inspiron 1525 i'm trying to connect it to my home computer's internet how do i go about this? Do i need to get something? Any help please [=

Answer 1

If you own a wireless router you can enable the wireless feature to access the net otherwise your other option is buying ethernet cable to make it work...  

Answer 2

Well first of all what kind of software program do u have, and what kind of  internet do u have ? If u have windows, there is a connection wizard in the control panel that will help u get started to connecting ur laptop onto the network. If you have DSL or Cable, you should have a USB cable to support your modem which would more than likely be an external one provided by ur internet provider.  

Answer 3

It would help if you specified what your internet connection is.

I use DSL, plugging an ethernet cable from my PC's NIC card into a Westell modem.  A few years back, my desktop died and I had to rely on a then battered Toshiba Satellite.  I was ure it wouldn't work right, but turns out, all I had to do was plug the cable into the Sat's ethernet jack, create a new connection in Internet Connections (Start-->Settings-->internet connections) matching the one on my DT and I was set.  I was able to do this on an 8 year old Apple Powerbook as well, but couldn;t surf well due to antiquated browsers.