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Your laptop must have gizmos that quench its communications thirst. Here are the options, in order of importance:

Wireless networking: It’s a given that your laptop must come with some type of wireless Ethernet adapter. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network is a must. See Chapter 16 for details.

Wired networking: Traditional laptops come with a wired Ethernet port, allowing you to connect the device to a wired network when one is available. Most of the time, the laptop uses the Wi-Fi connection. Ethernet ports aren’t available on netbooks and many tablet PCs.

 Long gone from the laptop landscape is the dialup modem. Quite frankly, long gone is the dialup phone line once used to host this antiquated type of Internet access.

 Another communications option is sharing a smartphone’s mobile data connection with your laptop. This process, called USB tethering, is covered in Chapter 16.