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Mac Forum / General / General / August 2007Range of Airport or --uh...oh what do you call it...??? !!!
So when i first set up this new MacBook and set the Airport dealie to 'Default' it immediately connected me to the Internet... Even though i didn't have a Internet Account...!!! So i was feeling very guilty about this, and i've been asking around in my rather tiny apartment building ( 6 other tenants ) and no one seems to have an Airport of --?-- transmitter...??? So NOW-- i've been checking on the Airport icon in the toolbar and it's displaying SEVERAL accounts... Three of them seem to work without a password, while Two of them require one... Where are they coming from...??? i live on a corner, so if the range is fairly short, it would have to be in the house next door, and they're hillbillies... i wouldn't want to suggest that hillbillies are necessarily computer illiterate, but they just don't seem to be able to wear their pants on frontways front, in a consistent manner. There is a church across the kitty corner, but that's 200 feet away at best...??? i'm beginning to think that if these 'administrators' don't know how to secure their wifi !!! Wifi. that's what it's called...!!! accounts properly, then the heck with them. i'll let Jesus or Allah decide how many weekends i have to spend in hades for this. > Where are they coming from...??? Depending on a lot of factors, they could be at least 300 feet away.  Signature<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts > So when i first set up this new MacBook and set the Airport dealie to > 'Default' it immediately connected me to the Internet... Even though i > didn't have a Internet Account...!!! Wave your freak flag high, man. Wave it high. > So when i first set up this new MacBook and set the Airport dealie to > 'Default' it immediately connected me to the Internet... Even though i [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > require one... > Where are they coming from...??? Magic Wifi faries? Seriously, they're coming from somebody else's house or apartment. If you really want to know where they're from, pick up your MacBook and walk around outside while watching to see if the signal strength goes up or down. Eventually you should be able to narrow it down. > i live on a corner, so if the range is fairly short, it would have to > be in the house next door, and they're hillbillies... i wouldn't want [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to secure their wifi !!! Wifi. that's what it's called...!!! accounts > properly, then the heck with them. That makes sense to me, however you should be aware it may be illegal in your area. Laws on this are not consistent or well-defined in many cases, but there have been cases of people being prosecuted for doing this. SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/ > So when i first set up this new MacBook and set the Airport dealie to > 'Default' it immediately connected me to the Internet... Even though i [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > require one... > Where are they coming from...??? Farther than you might expect. My mini picks up strong signals from at least 75 yards. G > So when i first set up this new MacBook and set the Airport dealie to > 'Default' it immediately connected me to the Internet... Even though i > didn't have a Internet Account...!!! > So i was feeling very guilty about this, and i've been asking around > in my rather tiny apartment building ( 6 other tenants ) and no one > seems to have an Airport of --?-- transmitter...??? Realize that the signals you are picking up on your macbook can be coming from _any_ wifi transmitter, and are probably not coming from an Apple Airport transmitter. As far as distance, I live in a neighborhood of single family houses, and have only three houses closer than 200 feet. I think I can see 5 signals that aren't my own, typically. (Though they are all protected - bad luck for me when my internet goes down occasionally!) st> So NOW-- i've been checking on the Airport icon in the toolbar and > it's displaying SEVERAL accounts... > Three of them seem to work without a password, while Two of them [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > they just don't seem to be able to wear their pants on frontways > front, in a consistent manner. If you want to set up wifi, and don't care about protecting your signal, that is probably easier than putting on a pair of pants. > There is a church across the kitty corner, but that's 200 feet away at > best...??? > i'm beginning to think that if these 'administrators' don't know how > to secure their wifi !!! Or, maybe they just don't care very much. |
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