I have a laptop with a built in wierless internet card. But I have no router and our phone service is off. Sometimes I can connect to Linksys access point and sometimes I can't. I dont understand, Is Linksys supposed to be a free public access point for anyone within range or am I "stealing" someone else's access point such as a neighbor with a Linksys modem? I'm trying to understand how we're getting internet so I can figure out how to keep a good signal.
2006-11-19 18:36:54 · 3 answers · asked by NICE LADY 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
You're a pirate is what you are. Linksys manufactures network equipment, so if you're on an access point named "Linksys" that you didn't set up yourself, you're stealing internets. Trucks, tubes and all.
2006-11-19 18:43:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mikkel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One more time! If you have a PC with a wireless card and you dont have an Internet Service Provider that you pay a monthly fee to, you are bootlegging someone elses broadband! Linksys has nothing to do with it other than its the persons wireless router you are connecting too! Beware! They probably arent more than a block away!
2006-11-20 02:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can pick up others .. so you can be doing that but a lot can have a block where you cant do that ..and it is against the law doing that you might want to be careful doing that because someone can take you to court.. They have a thing they can see who Ip addess is on there line
2006-11-20 02:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by nightsky1331 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋