Perform the following steps to wirelessly connect a work laptop computer to your home Internet service provider.

These instructions are for Windows XP computers.

Establish a wireless connection to your wireless router at home:

• start button
• →control panel
• →network connections
• →double-click wireless network connections
• →select your home wireless network
• type in your home wireless connection “network key” in the dialog box

This should connect you to your network at home.

To surf the web do the following:

If Firefox has been set up correctly it will work at home without any adjustments. If you need to use Internet Explorer do the following:

1. Open IE browser
2. Select Tools→internet options from the menu bar
3. Select the “connections” tab
4. Select “LAN settings” button near the bottom
5. Under the “proxy server” settings, uncheck the box labeled “use a proxy server”
6. Select “ok” to close that dialog box
7. Select “ok” again to close the other dialog box
8. You should now be able to surf the internet.

If these don’t work, call the tech dept – we can try to walk you through it.

-- JamesDoty - 24 Feb 2011