rohanthom
Newbie   Posts: 2 Registered: 23/12/05 Status: Offline
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 posted on 23/12/05 at 11:44
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Hi, I have a peculiar problem, our building provides wireless connection,
my roomate has a personal laptop and he is able to get wireless intyernet,
the problem that i'm facing is that, i have a laptop provided my my company
and so i do not have administrative access to it. Even if i buy a wireless
card.....i would not have access to use/install it. My question is is there
any possiblity that i can make use of that wireless connection.
is it possible to connect to the wireless internet if i connect to my
roomates laptop via a male-male usb data transfer cable?
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rohanthom
Newbie Posts: 2 Registered: 23/12/05 Status: Offline |
posted on 11/1/06 at 16:20 |
| this is weird.....i thought i'd get a solution to the problem i have and i
did'nt get a single reply to my post..........and its almost 20 days |
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festprint
SuperAdmin   Posts: 99 Registered: 2/1/03 Status: Online |
posted on 12/1/06 at 00:06 |
quote:
Hi, I have a peculiar
problem, our building provides wireless connection, my roomate has a
personal laptop and he is able to get wireless intyernet, the problem that
i'm facing is that, i have a laptop provided my my company and so i do not
have administrative access to it. Even if i buy a wireless card.....i would
not have access to use/install it. My question is is there any possiblity
that i can make use of that wireless connection.
is it possible to connect to the wireless internet if i connect to my
roomates laptop via a male-male usb data transfer cable?
There is no guarantee nor any obligation that anyone is required to answer
you. It is only out of people's kindness and free will they may feel like
posting an answer. Politeness and explaining the problem very well are the
two most likely motivators for a chance of a favourable reply.
From what I read in your post, it is vague and not explained properly. Your
room mate is probably subscribed to the service and you are not, you may
connect to his laptop for printing or retrieving / exchanging files on his
hard disk if he lets you through sharing, BUT connecting to the Internet is
another matter. Wireless internet service providers are smart enough to
only allow his Laptop as a client (IP address restrictions, passwords and
keys etc..). Because the Internet connection is physically housed in a
server that has direct access to the Internet (direct line or a hotspot),
it acts also to negotiate who can access it, hence also access the Internet
(Internet Connection Sharing for example). It'll have a set of users who
are allowed, but whoever connects to the users machines is also subject to
the same restriction, allowed only if subscribed. Your room mate may allow
you to exchange information back and forth between his laptop and yours,
the internet connection is up to the provider.
Connecting using a wired connection, a cable as you say is the same thing.
I can see the logic you are trying to convey, if the two laptops are
united and become as one through wired / USB cable or wi-fi connection,
why not the two connect to the Internet. In the later case, the whole
street, not just people in the building can connect to one or two laptops,
have a free ride (wardrive) bankrupting the Internet network provider.
You hear of many people wardriving , connecting for free by exploiting
open networks in offices, centres etc, that is different when the network
is not protected and the servers physically connected to the internet are
usually Open and anyone in the vicinity can connect.
Wireless Internet providers or Hotspots subscribers are subject to a lot of
security checks, your room mate may be using one of those or similar. |
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