Connecting to AOL

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jimti

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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
 
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,
 
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
 

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