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94bird
post Jan 26 2005, 03:42 AM
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Just enabled the wireless on my laptop and Dell PDA and I'm sitting here in the living room watching AutoRox and surfing the internet on my laptop. Now, for the rub. I don't have a wireless router in this house. I have no clue how I'm surfing the internet right now. Anyone have any clues? I can't believe there's a free wifi spot in my suburban neighborhood, but . . .

This is just too cool. It's actually faster than my home cable modem connection.

What the heck? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Now to see if my PDA can do the same thing since it has wireless too.
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post Jan 26 2005, 03:51 AM
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QUOTE (rmackintosh @ Jan 25 2005, 10:44 PM)
.....its your neighbors.....

....my neighbor has his blocked...... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Mine is blocked (encrypted), but the neighbor has one that is running "wide open". I get better signal from his than my own in some parts of the house, so I use it instead. You probably have a neighbor who has no security measures in place. Good for you, stupid for them.

I had an apartment where I could see 5 or 6 access points and my own. They are more common than you think.
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94bird   Wireless internet at home   Jan 26 2005, 03:42 AM
ERVRCG   Ask your neighbors...If they have it! Most ap...   Jan 26 2005, 03:44 AM
rmackintosh   .....its your neighbors..... ....my neighbor has ...   Jan 26 2005, 03:44 AM
trackbird   QUOTE (rmackintosh @ Jan 25 2005, 10:44 PM).....   Jan 26 2005, 03:51 AM
94bird   Well, the name of the server is apparently "N...   Jan 26 2005, 03:52 AM
trackbird   Outdoors, about 1300 feet (give or take). Combinat...   Jan 26 2005, 04:07 AM
DryStout   Depending on whether it is a,b, or g they are righ...   Jan 26 2005, 04:29 AM
Mericet   Which reminds me, I need to probably make ours a l...   Jan 26 2005, 04:35 AM
LT4Firehawk   It's absolutely amazing how many people don...   Jan 26 2005, 02:36 PM
SuperCricket   Here is a wardrive I did down I-35 a couple months...   Jan 26 2005, 05:16 PM
LT4Firehawk   What's really scary is that many of the wirele...   Jan 26 2005, 05:21 PM
bruecksteve   I have wireless at home (b/g) and have had wireles...   Jan 26 2005, 06:13 PM
fa63   I pick up my next door neighbor's signal as we...   Jan 27 2005, 03:33 AM
98_1LE   It will be a long time before I unplug the cat 5 f...   Jan 27 2005, 04:45 AM
Eugenio_SS   I can pickup 1 person from my place but signal is ...   Jan 27 2005, 04:48 AM
Rob Hood   I plan to get a wireless setup after retirement, a...   Jan 27 2005, 06:06 AM

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