Hello, I'm hoping I am in the right place and would appreciate any help. I just bought the Dell inspiron 1525 which has a wifi connection already included. I haven't bought a router and I do not have an express card yet. I was told I didn't need either to connect to wireless internet. When I turn on my wifi, it gives me unsecure connections and 1 of the connections says "free public wifi" Do I need a router even though I do not have my own internet set up in order to connect to wireless internet? When I try to connect to an excellent signal it says it cannot connect to my pc. The intel wireless card should already be built in, so I am not sure what I am missing here. It also says that there are wireless networks available.
Please Advise
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Jump to PostCongrats for your Dell Machine! Now let me give some background about wireless networks.
First of all wireless networks have different standards and each standars has its own speed and frequency. These standards are defined by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers).
Available standards are:
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