I have a D-Link USB Adapter. I have been picking up my neighbor's wireless router signal for many months and it has been working great.
I just purchased a new computer and when I moved my adapter to this computer, it won't connect saying "Limited or no connectivity". This is crazy because it continues to work great on the old computer.
Is there some sort of setting or something that's causing this problem?
2007-11-28 13:58:19 · 13 answers · asked by StargateFan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Nuts is right. What you are doing is not only morally wrong, but illegal too. If your neighbor has not given you permission to use their wireless Internet connection, you are in fact stealing from them as sure as if you broke into their home and stole items from within the house. What you are stealing is their available bandwidth, the more you use the less they can, and that robs them of what they are paying for, and you are not.
Come on, get a clue and a moral backbone and get your own ISP account. Then, you have a clear conscience, and can fix it when something goes wrong.
Your neighbor is NOT an Internet Cafe, or a Public Library, giving our free connection in exchange for customers making purchases, etc.
This is sad, taking advantage of your neighbor.
2007-11-28 15:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by Serenity 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your computer has detected the wirelss signal, but you have not recieved an IP address from the neighbor's router. Try repairing the connection as another answer suggested. Better yet, get your own internet account and your own wireless router. just because your neighbor is too ignorrant to know how to secure their network doesn't make it OK for you to mooch off them. There are cases where people are being prsecuted for what you are doing.
2007-11-28 14:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by Nuts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limited or no connectivity means that you dont have an IP address. Just try and make a new wireless connection with the old one, it will search for available networks. If it is still working with the old computer, then that connection may be the one its still using. The router itself may need to be rebooted. If you have permission to use the neighbors wireless, ask him to reboot his router. If not, you are out of luck.
2007-11-28 14:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by Phyrekiss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya, go to the task bar, it is at the right bottom like near the volume and things, on where the start button thing is, right click the internet wireless thing and click repair. Thats should work.
2007-11-28 14:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by aidenhardcore 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try right clicking the wireless network icon on the bottom right, and press "repair"...if that doesnt work, you have to set up the wireless on your computer
2007-11-28 14:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go knock on there door and ask them to refresh/unplug then re plug in the wireless router
2007-11-28 14:06:48 · answer #6 · answered by valleypunk_23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason is probably because it might not work with your computer.And it probably depends with what computer you use with the product.
2007-11-28 14:02:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol. Tell them to reset their connection.
2007-11-28 14:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ya it is probably just a configuration problem, or it could just be ur neighbors internet
2007-11-28 14:00:16 · answer #9 · answered by meatyalien 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you are not able to keep the signal or it needs higher bandwidth
eBRo
2007-11-28 14:01:46 · answer #10 · answered by sys admin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋