therealsimpsons
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When I try to connect my laptop to the web using my iPhone 5 as a wifi hotspot, the laptop doesn't recognize, Stan's iPhone as a network. I have been back and forth on this with Verizon. The iPad recognizes the web, and Becky's laptop (running Windows 7) does too.
The best Verizon can tell me is that my old (6-1/2 years) Toshiba running XP just doesn't have the proper firmware in the wireless card, and it can't be upgraded.
1. Are they right, or can it be upgraded?
2. If I look for an up to date laptop (hopefully an inexpensive refurbished one) what should I be looking for? Vista or better? What items in the wireless card description should I look for, and what words have to be there?
Thanks in advance from an "end-user" who just turns it on and uses it.
Stan
The best Verizon can tell me is that my old (6-1/2 years) Toshiba running XP just doesn't have the proper firmware in the wireless card, and it can't be upgraded.
1. Are they right, or can it be upgraded?
2. If I look for an up to date laptop (hopefully an inexpensive refurbished one) what should I be looking for? Vista or better? What items in the wireless card description should I look for, and what words have to be there?
Thanks in advance from an "end-user" who just turns it on and uses it.
Stan