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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17 years ago