My name is Travis, and I am an internet addict.
Enough said?No? Okay fine. Basically when I got my internet taken away, I took an old shitty wireless adapter I had and shoved it in the side of a can and pointed it in the general direction of the wireless network. Lo and behold, it worked. Barely any signal and shit reliability, but hey, internets. This morning I couldn't get connected with only my can, so I modified it. Yay!Edit: I tweaked it a bit and managed to get TWO WHOLE BARS. OMG.
Who cares it gets me internets -_-
:D
It was "taken away" when the guy who owned the original antenna left for the winter. I am getting it from the same network as before. Just weaker since, well, yeah. Makeshift antenna.
I'm guessing you're sponging off a local wifi hotspot, like a coffee shop or something. Those usually have free public access for anyone within range.
Hope you're not getting it from your neighbor's house or something.lol
Someone I know was talking about doing this. Said it was legal. His argument was air is free.
In my area bandwidth is "free" unless you hit the limit (which I don't know anybody who has).
This is off a neighbor. It is legal so long as they do not have protection. If I had to crack my way past WEP or WPA2 or something, then I would be breaking the law.