Marcin541 Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 Well i came along a problem recently. When i first booted up my pc it said network found ect, but I never thought of it not being my network. I have a wireless modem, so i thought thats what it connected to. I noticed a change from my usual ip pattern, which was 68.xxx.xxx.xxx now 69.xxx.xxx.xxx Now today i was downloading counter strike, and halflife, and noticed speeds in the 500kbps range. I thought maybe it was an error, but apparently i did a speed test, and my ISP is mindspring. As you can see ive done a test using my own wireless, which is verizon. On my wireless connection the name of the one im using now is called "Freeman St Frieldlies". Freeman would be the street i live on, but there is no friendlies around here. So what now, should i keep it, or should not? Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11257-stealing-wireless-internet-legal-or-not/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 drop it.. it is against the law to use some one elses wifi regardless if it is unsecured or not.. if it is a public ap then you are fine.. but if it is a private ap.. it is a felony.. They would have a log of when you got the ip and the mac address of the hardware you used.. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11257-stealing-wireless-internet-legal-or-not/#findComment-118073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 lol the same thing happened to me, i was unaware that i was using my neighbors connection( which is rr) and i also have verizon and i realized that my dls were really high. Now i no longer use neighbors connection Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11257-stealing-wireless-internet-legal-or-not/#findComment-118074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted February 14, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 no way to tell if its public or not? Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11257-stealing-wireless-internet-legal-or-not/#findComment-118078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 Just dont use it, it doesnt belong to you. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11257-stealing-wireless-internet-legal-or-not/#findComment-118080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted February 14, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 kk thanks, i was getting excited there. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11257-stealing-wireless-internet-legal-or-not/#findComment-118081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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