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Posted by hawkeye on October 18, 2006, 11:37 am
Please log in for more thread options I live 20 miles from even a small city, no cable, so I am hopelessy stuck with dialup, maybe. I have a wireless capable laptop that I have used in hotspots in Dallas and on my son's home system. Meanwhile, back at home I see that it automatically connects to a Wireless Network Connection (peer-to-peer). It has a speed of 11Mbps, excellent signal strength and appears to be begging me to use it. The LAN icon says I am connected but If I try to open a browser, it tries to use the dial up connection. Properties don't tell me much, so how can I find out what this signal is, where it is coming from, and how can I get into the broadband world way out here? While waiting for my 26.4 Kbps connection to work I can take a nap, play a game of Sol, or do some other mindless task. I don't mind paying for broadband but satellite seems to be the only other way and I am not quite ready to go that way yet. Thanks. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Eric on October 18, 2006, 12:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options Your browser is probably just set to only use a dialup connection. Whether it will work or not, who knows. It may not be going to an internet gateway, may be VPN'd, or any other number of things. Its Adhoc? I'm betting it doesn't have an permanent internet gateway. Out there in the boonies, the owner probably just uses it to connect another PC to, and perhaps occassionaly share dialup internet over ICS. Whether you should play around with it or not is your moral call. I wouldn't, but if you want to then try pinging www.yahoo.com and if that works, simply change your browser's connection settings. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by John Navas on October 18, 2006, 12:12 pm
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>I live 20 miles from even a small city, no cable, so I am hopelessy
>stuck with dialup, maybe. >I have a wireless capable laptop that I have used in hotspots in Dallas >and on my son's home system. >Meanwhile, back at home I see that it automatically connects to a >Wireless Network Connection (peer-to-peer). It has a speed of 11Mbps, >excellent signal strength and appears to be begging me to use it. Just like items in racks outside stores are begging you to shoplift them. >The
>LAN icon says I am connected but If I try to open a browser, it tries >to use the dial up connection. >Properties don't tell me much, so how can I find out what this signal >is, where it is coming from, and how can I get into the broadband world >way out here? ... Move around with your laptop recording the signal strength on a simple map. As you approach the access point, signal will tend to increase, and vice versa. Use Network Stumbler for an accurate reading of signal strength. Then approach the owner of the access point, and see if you can work out a deal for Internet access. -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes> | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Bryant Smith on October 18, 2006, 1:38 pm
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hawkeye wrote: > I live 20 miles from even a small city, no cable, so I am hopelessy
> stuck with dialup, maybe. > I have a wireless capable laptop that I have used in hotspots in Dallas > and on my son's home system. > Meanwhile, back at home I see that it automatically connects to a > Wireless Network Connection (peer-to-peer). It has a speed of 11Mbps, > excellent signal strength and appears to be begging me to use it. The > LAN icon says I am connected but If I try to open a browser, it tries > to use the dial up connection. > Properties don't tell me much, so how can I find out what this signal > is, where it is coming from, and how can I get into the broadband world > way out here? While waiting for my 26.4 Kbps connection to work I can > take a nap, play a game of Sol, or do some other mindless task. I > don't mind paying for broadband but satellite seems to be the only > other way and I am not quite ready to go that way yet. Thanks. > If you are connecting peer-to-peer you are just connecting to another computer. Unless that computer is set up to share its Internet connection you won't be connected to the Internet. That peer to peer connection could even be another computer in your own house (if you have another one with a wireless card). Obviously that computer will not have a connection to the internet to share. If you can find out who is the owner of the computer you are connecting to, you might be able to convince them to share their broadband (if they have broadband). | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Adair Witner on October 18, 2006, 6:50 pm
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>I live 20 miles from even a small city, no cable, so I am hopelessy
> stuck with dialup, maybe. > I have a wireless capable laptop that I have used in hotspots in Dallas > and on my son's home system. > Meanwhile, back at home I see that it automatically connects to a > Wireless Network Connection (peer-to-peer). It has a speed of 11Mbps, > excellent signal strength and appears to be begging me to use it. The > LAN icon says I am connected but If I try to open a browser, it tries > to use the dial up connection. > Properties don't tell me much, so how can I find out what this signal > is, where it is coming from, and how can I get into the broadband world > way out here? While waiting for my 26.4 Kbps connection to work I can > take a nap, play a game of Sol, or do some other mindless task. I > don't mind paying for broadband but satellite seems to be the only > other way and I am not quite ready to go that way yet. Thanks. > A weird thing happened to me once and I'm not really sure why.. I connected to a ad-hoc network with a SSID it never let me go anywhere.. after I left the location I was in i noticed that it still showed me connected but of course didn't do anything.. i removed the connection from my preffered connection list and proglem solved.. sounds like your computer just wont let go Adair | |||||||||||||
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> stuck with dialup, maybe.
> I have a wireless capable laptop that I have used in hotspots in Dallas
> and on my son's home system.
> Meanwhile, back at home I see that it automatically connects to a
> Wireless Network Connection (peer-to-peer). It has a speed of 11Mbps,
> excellent signal strength and appears to be begging me to use it. The
> LAN icon says I am connected but If I try to open a browser, it tries
> to use the dial up connection.
> Properties don't tell me much, so how can I find out what this signal
> is, where it is coming from, and how can I get into the broadband world
> way out here? While waiting for my 26.4 Kbps connection to work I can
> take a nap, play a game of Sol, or do some other mindless task. I
> don't mind paying for broadband but satellite seems to be the only
> other way and I am not quite ready to go that way yet. Thanks.