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PaPa,
A wireless Internet connection is helpful for getting set up, setting up email accounts, and everything else.
If your grandson will be opening it up at your house for the holidays, and you have Wi-Fi, have the SSID (name of your network, like "Papa's House") and your network password ready so he can tap into your network and get access.
Other than that, turning it on is pretty easy and it will walk him through a setup.
If you have any more questions, please let us know how we can help.
Thanks for your support of Samsung Tablets.
--Mr. Samsung