Internet help?

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  1. Mene

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    Hi,

    My mum got an iPad mini (1st gen) for her birthday and she now wants to connect to the net (yay! About time!)

    But I'm a little wary.. Because she has no home internet and I'm worried that you need a PC or laptop to actually setup the connection and wifi when you first get it.

    I don't fancy dragging my huge PC over to her house to set the wifi up.

    Can the initial connection and wifi setup be totally done via her iPad mini?
     
  2. Echoseven

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    If you already have a wifi connection in the house (as in, a router) you should be able to connect straight from the device - as long as you know the log-in details, of course.

    You could either connect during the initial set-up of a brand new device, or skip the step and connect after all that is done.
     
  3. Mene

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    No connection, I'm sorry I thought I made that clear, perhaps not.

    There is no connection currently in the house.
     
  4. september

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    You should be fine as long as you have the IP (Google for it by model/brand at your place) you can set it up through Safari on the iPad.
     
  5. Mene

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    Thank you
     
  6. Echoseven

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    Oh, right... Sorry about that, I'm a little tired. I swear I read the post twice.

    In theory, you should be able to connect to the wifi out of the box.
     
  7. Mene

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    Thanks guys :)
     
  8. cloudpuff

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    I think I get what you mean,

    Are you asking if you need a PC to activate the wifi internet once it's gone live in irder for your mum to use it on her mini?

    If that's the case then she will be fine without a PC, I'm in the uk and just got wireless last month, (with bt) all I had to do was plug in the router to the phone line and then switch the router on, to connect the mini it's just a case of entering the network password when you first connect, you can then change any router settings such as parental controls, which are sometimes automatically turned on depending on which company you're with, from safari, but you don't have to do that, I was blocked from viewing gaming sites so had to remove them.
    I set my wifi up without a PC or laptop and it took ten minutes max.

    If that's not what you meant ignore me lol.
     
  9. psj3809

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    You dont need the PC, as long as shes got the internet she can turn on the ipad mini, it'll pick up the internet, just enter the network password then thats it forever.
     
  10. Teknikal

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    Worst case scenario depending on the wifi router is needing to bring a netbook or something with a small ethernet cable but the last one I needed to do that on was a wrt54g and they are very old.

    Most modern ones you shouldn't need that as they usually come with a wifi login, so it's just really a matter of connecting it to the modem and entering that password into the ipad. In fact if my current one's anything to go by it came with two logins one for guests and the full one.

    After you get connected you can tweak things from the routers web address (usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1 it should be in the manual anyway).
     

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