But Tim stated that cable and dsl aren't available to him. Other broadband options would be satellite from DirecPC/Hughes or, if you have it in the area, fixed wireless internet, which is basically a super long distance wireless network, between an antenna on your roof and a radio tower. If you do want to continue with dialup, though, you can set up your desktop as a windows ICS (internet connection sharing) and I believe there is a setting to have it dial the connection on demand, so from you laptop you'd have to try to load a webpage, and then wait while it would dial up and connect. And then you'd have your slow dialup on the laptop via wireless. Another choice would be a dedicated router device like most people use for their cable/dsl, but with a built in normal modem.