Connecting to AOL

[jimti]

I have a friend who has an AOL connection at home and wants to connect a laptop with no AOL software to his home network, but has had no success, I have said I will take a look for him, but was wondering if there is a need for his laptop to be running any AOL software before it can use the internet connection. He would prefer to stay AOL free on the laptop

 

[whizzkid11]

It depends on what type connection he has and what hardware he is using.

If it is broadband then its simply a case of configuring the router/modem with his login details etc.

If it is a dial-up connection, you will need to create a new dial-up connection within Windows - once its connected - just use IE or firefox to do ure browsing.

As a simple answer - yes you should be able to confirgure it to connect without the AOL software,

 

[jimti]

He has a broadband conection (wireless) I tested his laptop on my work and home networks and it worked ok, but he has failed to get it to work on his home network..looks like I will have to go have a look for him