How to harness hot spot signal

[TechZ]

or just DO IT!

[WebHead]

I checked around the internet and found the following artical at the following link. http://lists.nycwireless.net/piperma...st/007416.html

Well,.. If I'm paying $50 per month for DSL and I find out that some cheapazz is leeching my bandwidth,.. then I'd be pretty pissed. However, I guess if I am not smart enough to turn off "broadcast" and turn on "WEP" security, then perhaps I deserve to have my bandwidth leeched anyway. Hmmm. Anyway,.. I think it is wrong and should be illegal because why should one person have to pay for the signal and the other person gets that same exact signal for free?

[TechZ]

Some people arent tech-friendly and dont know alot about this stuff, theyre just gonna plug-and-play like it says on the box!

[WebHead]

Some people arent tech-friendly and dont know alot about this stuff, theyre just gonna plug-and-play like it says on the box!

Yup. Most people in my area don't realize that I could just go change all their router settings with no problem. Not that I would, but I could.

[TechZ]

sure, sure, nice ol WebHead, after reading about the asking a girl out bit, I totally believe you.

[Rookie]

So how fast is the internet on it Rookie?

I am getting about 11 mbps...

[TechZ]

Thats the 802.11b network speed, how fast is the internet?

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

[Rookie]

Thats the 802.11b network speed, how fast is the internet?

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

As a novice in this, I am not sure how to clock the speed of my Internet connection. I know that it is many times faster than my dial up service…

[gazzak]

It's illegal. It's called theft. If you're caught you could be prosecuted.

Get your own.

[TechZ]

just run the speed test Rookie.

[Rookie]

It's illegal. It's called theft. If you're caught you could be prosecuted.

Get your own.

How is this any different from some one driving around looking for a "hot spot" to use. Do they know whether this "hot spot" is there from some one wanting to set up a free access point or some one simply left their access point open?

[gazzak]

If I leave my front door open does that give you the right to burgle me?

[TechZ]

open invitation gazzak?

[Gollo]

How is this any different from some one driving around looking for a "hot spot" to use. Do they know whether this "hot spot" is there from some one wanting to set up a free access point or some one simply left their access point open?

Rule of thumb:

If you don't know, ask.
If you don't know who to ask then just don't.