I’m NOT a computer techy guy- Someone just gave me a NETGEAR Wireless Access Point thing. Can someone explain to me in laymans term what it does?
I currently log on to the internet via wireless signal that are "borrowed" from other people in my apt building that do not have their signals encrypted. My laptop just picks up the signals.
Is this access point thing something that can benefit me? Will it create another free signal or make the ones available much stronger?
If not, i’m selling it because I do NOT plan on paying for an internet service
FYI- I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR IDEALS ON "STEALING" OR "LEGALITY" OF MY INTERNET CONNECTION.
If people are tard enough to not encrypt the signal then it is a free open source for the public to use, just like free WIFI hotspots anywhere.

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Right now my wireless router and my new wireless access point are set to the same SSID & have the same WEP key. My intent is to have my devices talk to whichever unit has the stronger signal. Should they have the same channel too or will this cause some data collision or confusion?
Right now my wireless router and my new wireless access point are set to the same SSID & have the same WEP key. My intent is to have my devices talk to whichever unit has the stronger signal. Should they have the same channel too or will this cause some data collision or confusion?

Also, what about the MAC address? Should I set it the same too?

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I have windows vista running on a wired network. I have a wireless access point setup to broadcast to my iPhone and my iPhone sees the network and connects to it. Whenever I try to use the internet connection though, I have no success. The error message says that I am not connected to the internet. I have no other wireless connections coming into or out of my laptop, there is no issues with the WEP authentication and my phone still sees the adhoc network I have created, yet it just will not work… any ideas?

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I’m using verizon fios
however, the router is located in the living room
and the speed in my room (which is about 5~6m away) just sucks
(the signal is very low speed about 11.0mbps// living room: very good speed 54mbps) I want to boost my wireless signal to my room
but i don’t know how to do it. I heard u can use wireless access point
but i don’t know how and if it works in my house network
do i hav to connect my WAN from verizon router all the way to my room?

Any ideas? advices?

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anything that might be wrong or if i can find out if i have a wireless access point

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I have a modem in my basement for road runner. Out of that, I have a wireless router, with ports in the back. There is a wire going from the back of the router up to my room. I need to hook up a wireless access point because the signal does not reach 2 my room because my house is HUGE. So yea I also have a desktop PC and a xbox 360 which I want to be connected directly without wireless. I have tried putting another router in my room with an access point connected to it, but it didnt work because you cant have a router connected to a router. So, Waht do I need to buy to have a wireless connection and some plug in ports?
so shoudl my dad exchange the router for a switch? Or a hub or wht shud i do?

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In a dorm your only supposed to use the schools wired connection to connect to the network. If I were to hook up a wireless access point, and hide the SSID, for myself and only myself to use, would the campus IT be able to trace it? I know its possible, but how easy is it and likely that it will be traced? Is there any better or more crafty ways of doing this?

I only ask because the only network connections are in the worst possible spot of the room and none in our common area, and I don’t really enjoy walking around my dorm with a 20ft cable.

Thanks in Advance

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My brother has the i-phone and he can access the web with our wireless access point "machine". Could i do that on my phone (the LG Xenon)? And how.

PLEASE HELP!!!!

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I work for a law firm and set up a Wireless Access Point (Linksys WAP54G) in our office so our laptop and several of the partners’ laptops they bring in from home can connect to our network wirelessly.

Now, my boss wants vendors and other attorneys who visit our office to be able to access the interent wirelessly if they need to. Is that possible without setting up their computers to log onto our network domain? I ask because I brought my laptop in from home, which has never logged onto our domain. I did have the WAP set up in WEP security mode using a passphrase generated key PLUS MAC address filtering. I removed the MAC address filtering and tried to connect my laptop using one several of the generated keys. It seemed to work, but I got no signal indicator and Internet Explorer would not connect. I also tried using no security mode (open wireless network) and it still didn’t work.

I’m guessing that you cannot do what they want to do using a WAP. In that case, would I be better off using a run of the mill wireless router like I have at home and connecting it directly to the cable modem?

Thanks in advance!

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I am already using wifi in my home, however, I’m using a wireless (linksys) router and it’s a pain to configure. It conflicts with my modem and I can never get my ports opened. I’d like to buy a wireless access point to use instead, but:
How do I know which kind I need? G, B, A?
Will one unit work for my 2 story house, just as this router does now?
Do you have one that is decently priced that you would recommend?
Preferably something I could find at Fry’s.

I’d like to use it to access the internet with the an iphone, ps3, and my laptop.

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