Signed up with "boingo". do i need wireless router and/or wireless antenna. does laptop even have port for wireless antenna?
Did your ISP Boingo supply you with a DSL or cable modem with a built-in wireless router? If only a DSL or cable modem is supplied and you wish to connect to the Internet by wireless then you need to connect a wireless router to this DSL or cable modem.
You can connect to the Internet using a LAN cable from your laptop to the DSL or cable modem.
If your laptop as a built-in wireless card you can to the Internet via the wireless router.
If you laptop does not have a built-in wireless card then you can install a PCMCIA wireless card into the card slot of your laptop to the Internet via a wireless connection.
SOURCE: Toshiba Satellite ethernet port disappeared...
I think you have answered your own problem, your wireless has possibly been zapped.
To test your ethernet adapter on your laptop connect it to a network hub, check the hub and see if you have a link light on the hub and or laptop..
To test your wireless router, connect it to a known working computer with a network card and check the router configuration, using the browser, if you cannot access it then its zapped.
SOURCE: is my laptop wireless enabled
it really depends on the year of the laptop. i know i just got one and it has a touch icon for wireless... if you can find a switch on your computer just turn it on. go to a coffee shop and press start then connect to... and it should bring up the networks that are available.. the switch might be on the side... check everywere... even on the bottom.
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Does your computer have a wireless adapter? I don't see your computer model in your question?
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