I’ve lived these last few days without an internet connection and I think I’ve sustained some irreversible trauma. I have to drive to my parents’ house to check mail and stuff, so I caved in and ordered cable modem today. It won’t show up till Thursday, though. The main office in my apartment complex has two computers set up with high-speed, but the office closes at 6, so that’s no good to me.
In my old complex, my wireless card picked up a number of other wireless networks in the area, a couple of which I could connect to. But in my current complex, though my card does sense some other networks, I can’t connect to any of them. Most of them are protected; the ones that are not are unreachable. I can’t put into words how annoying that is.
So here’s the question. When I get cable modem installed, do I attach my wireless router? If so, do I protect my wireless network or share it?
PS: posts will be sparse till Thursday, which means you have that much more time to leave the house and do stuff.
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i never really did mooch... my roommate and i had our own connection and router, but my card picked up other networks in addition to ours. but yeah, i could still use the karma... i'll connect it.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:15
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attach your wireless router and let your neighbors mooch. do it for karma's sake. you were a moocher once...
Posted by semaphoria | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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amplfying antenna! no way! shiiat. well, i don't wanna have to depend on someone else's network being up when it comes time to email that all-important paper.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:15
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Depends. If you want people to mooch your bandwidth (like you were trying to do) then don't protect it. Otherwise, protect it. Oh, and you may have been able to purchase an amplifying antenna for about $50 that would have let you access those open networks. http://www.cantenna.com/catalogue/SuperCantennaBundle.html
Posted by Aaron | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:15