If I set up an wireless internet connection and network on my laptop, would I be able to access the internet?

Question

at my school/college? I will be living on my own in an apartment and wanted to know that if I take my laptop out of my home and want to use it at school, would that be possible or will it depend on the school? What things would I need? This is a new area for me.

Answer 1

Note that if you live off-campus, or even outside the dorms, you may not be able to use the school's network.  They only wire their own buildings, and in off-campus housing, the distance may be too great for their wifi network, if they have one.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

your college should provide you with the student Net id and password. Usually its your user name as your social S# and password is the pin.

Once you log in you'll be able to use internet in your campus.

Answer 3

If your college has a wireless network, then yes, you will be able to access it with your wireless enabled laptop.  Chances are, your college will have a wireless network, but if it does not, you can still connect to their network with an Ethernet cable.

Note that your college may have require a WPA/WEP key to connect to their network.  If this is the case, you will have to ask someone to find out what it is.