rohanthom
Newbie  Posts: 2 Registered: 23/12/05 Status: Offline |
 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: 122 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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