I'm guessing BT means British Telecom. (Most of us are all "Yanks") So this must be a high speed internet service from the description. All highspeed services I've seen in the US fall into one of these categories:
1. Devices that plug into the Ethernet port on the computer.
2. Devices that plug into the USB port on the computer.
3. Devices that fit in a card slot.
If yours falls under the first category, you simply plug it into the Ethernet port on the site of your laptop. Then configure your TCP/IP settings accordingly.
Some require some wierd software such as PPPoE, which resembles a dial-up style login. You should have gotten a CD from BT to set your computer up.
To answer your question, all you need is a free USB port. Highway comes with a driver disc that supports most versions of windows, as well as a USB lead. You do need a spare port on your PC though, connecting through a sharing device can cause problems. Older Highway boxes did not come with a USB connection, in that case you would need an ISDN terminal adaptor to use Highway. Look on the front of the Highway box for the USB symbol.
Highway is a BT ISDN service that comes built in with two analog phone lines in addition to the ISDN connection. You can only use two of the four connections (2 x 64k ISDN + 2 analog lines) at once, but this is not a problem for most people as they rarely use both ISDN channels at once.
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February 6th, 2002 00:00
1. Devices that plug into the Ethernet port on the computer.
2. Devices that plug into the USB port on the computer.
3. Devices that fit in a card slot.
If yours falls under the first category, you simply plug it into the Ethernet port on the site of your laptop. Then configure your TCP/IP settings accordingly.
Some require some wierd software such as PPPoE, which resembles a dial-up style login. You should have gotten a CD from BT to set your computer up.
jpiper8712
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March 10th, 2004 20:00
To answer your question, all you need is a free USB port. Highway comes with a driver disc that supports most versions of windows, as well as a USB lead. You do need a spare port on your PC though, connecting through a sharing device can cause problems. Older Highway boxes did not come with a USB connection, in that case you would need an ISDN terminal adaptor to use Highway. Look on the front of the Highway box for the USB symbol.
Highway is a BT ISDN service that comes built in with two analog phone lines in addition to the ISDN connection. You can only use two of the four connections (2 x 64k ISDN + 2 analog lines) at once, but this is not a problem for most people as they rarely use both ISDN channels at once.
Hope that helps both of you!
All the best,
John