Question by Dan: Can I use iPad with my normal home wireless network without a contract?
I have WiFi at home but have never owned an Apple product in my life. If I buy the 32 GB iPad with WiFi, can I just take it home and it will access my normal non-AT&T wifi? Would I need a contract or a data plan or is it like a laptop where I just connect via a wifi connection and that’s it?
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Answer by Daniel
i am wondering the same thing because i am getting an ipad and i have wireless at home
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You don’t need a contract to connect to your home’s wifi. Just go into you ipads network settings, and connect to wifi.
I have an extra iPhone at home that does not have any cell service, and my 7 year old can use the internet and email using our wifi at home.
You just connect to wifi and that’s it. Actually, unless you purchase a 3g enabled iPad, there’s no other way to connect to the internet.
The iPad comes in either the Wi-fi only option or Wi-Fi with 3G option.
Both iPad’s will work with any Wi-Fi and will work with Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n.
Basically you will be able to connect to any Wi-Fi network which is open or that you have the password to access.
There are two versions of the iPad: the one with wifi and the one with wifi and 3G. If you just want to use the iPad at home to connect to your wifi network just buy the wifi only model. If you need to connect to the Internet on the road then buy the one with 3G.
On another note for those who don’t know the iPad currently does not support printing. That means that you will not be able to use the iPad to print to your printer. Printing will be supported in the future possibly when the iPad is updated to ios4 later this year.
It’s just like your laptop. No extra data plan or anything like that is needed.
Have fun!