16-09-2005 23:58									#1
	I Don't Know How I'm Connected to the Internet Right Now Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

So earlier today my D-Link Wireless Router gave me trouble, and nothing I could do would fix it, until at long last I finally got a wireless signal - albeit extremely weak...then it disappeared. Anyway, I finally went to Best Buy and bought another wireless router. I unplug my old router, turn on my computer and open up the Setup CD. Then I noticed that Mail was showing 2 new messages...out of curiosity, I opened it, then decided to open Firefox.

Somehow, my computer is accessing the Internet. I check out AirPort, and it is showing me connected to Home, my old wireless network that I had through the D-Link. But how is this possible? My old router isn't even plugged in to anything, it is sitting with the power cord on my floor, dead. My Verizon DSL Modem doesn't have any kind of built-in wireless ability as far as I can tell (I've got the Fujitsu Speedport modem Verizon provided). It is plugged into the phone outlet, and to the AC outlet, but that is it. My computer has the power cord and a USB cable to the printer.

I mean, as far as I can tell, this should be impossible, right? It isn't like I latched on to someone else's network.

	17-09-2005 00:00									#2
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Hell, I just unplugged my DSL modem and I can still access the internet.

Surely I must somehow be on someone else's network?

	17-09-2005 00:00									#3
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	17-09-2005 00:00									#4
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	17-09-2005 00:01									#5
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The people nextdoor don't have wireless internet too do they?

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	17-09-2005 00:03									#7
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quote: Originally posted by duke o' york The people nextdoor don't have wireless internet too do they?

Well what I don't understand is that AirPort shows me connected to "Home", a network I set up. Furthermore, I've run an AirPort Radar widget which is supposed to scan for nearby wireless networks, and it never found anything.

So, DSL modem turned off, wireless router not plugged in...

Besides, my neighbors are not ones I'd expect to have wireless anything.

	17-09-2005 00:07									#8
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	17-09-2005 00:08									#9
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Home is a default name 1 300 000 households use

	17-09-2005 00:09									#10
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And it doesn't have to be next door, it can be across the street, sometimes you can get weird connections with places kilometers away, though those usually don't last long.

	17-09-2005 00:13									#11
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quote: Originally posted by VetLegion Home is a default name 1 300 000 households use

No, MSHOME is the default name - in fact, it used to be ours as well. I created a new network a month or so ago called Home after the network went down.

	17-09-2005 00:14									#12
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Tsk. MSHOME is the default workgroup name of your network, not the default name of your wireless network connection.

	17-09-2005 00:19									#13
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Oh well.

What is interesting, is when I type in my IP address to access my router, it shows up as a DI-514, and not a 624 which I have. Now, I don't know if it always did that, but this is odd, considering that my D-Link router is not plugged in anymore, I have my new Netgear.

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	17-09-2005 00:41									#15
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Don't be a moran.

	17-09-2005 00:52									#16
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I have the 624. It has been reliable, and was nice and cheap.

You must have Airport set up to join open networks. When I first got my Powerbook it used to suddenly get my mail while I was sitting in the living room. The culprit was a neighbour's network.

	17-09-2005 01:38									#17
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Well everything is up and running on MY router now, although it is nice to know that I could connect so easily to someone else's network - and even accidentally access THEIR router controls.

	17-09-2005 01:43									#18
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That's because some people are dumbasses who don't password protect their networks.

Should have left them a present, like a nudie picture of Joan Rivers...