Airport wireless card

We are new to Mac computers and trying to figures things out. This discussion board helps out more than Apple care.
Do you use Airport to connect to the internet when you away from your house. If you go to the park or anywhere to you click on airport to find an available network? We just trying to figure out how Airport works.
Thanks,
Doug & Diane

Airport is exactly the same as "wireless" on a PC.
If you are within range of a wireless base station that you are permitted to access, then it enables you to surf the net.
The most common usage is at home (or in an office) where the broadband internet connection is connected to a wireless router - which then makes wireless networking available to anyone who is in range, and knows the appropriate password.
However, if you are in a park, it is unlikely that anyone will have configured a wireless network for you to access. In such a situation, you probably need "mobile wireless" (wireless networking from a mobile phone provider). This is not built into your Mac, and will require a peripheral device (such as a USB modem) to be plugged into your Mac.
You can get good information by selecting "Help" in the Finder, and typing "Airport" or "wireless" (without the quotes).
Cheers,
Rodney

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Ernest Lohrer wrote:
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