"D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @
gm@il.com> wrote in message
news:OAAAtbOBGHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> there are many wifi connections in the area where I work and 2 of them are
> free
> "Vanguard" <vanguard.code@comcastNIX.net> wrote in message
> news:eMpH19MBGHA.1040@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> "D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> wrote in message
>> news:%238FF6EKBGHA.2320@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>I remembered reading somewhere where MS offer software so that a system
>>>can connect to 2 wifi connection at the same time? Anyone?
>>
>> Is it not possible to use ICS on a host which becomes the gateway between
>> the 2 subnets for the 2 WiFi networks? I'd probably use a router which
>> is always on rather than rely on having a host always on and using
>> Windows with its ICS as a gateway node.
Free WiFi? Sounds like someone didn't lock down the security for their WiFi
so you can abuse it, but that doesn't make it free. If the owners of that
WiFi are just customers of some ISP, they are not allowed to redistribute
their bandwidth (i.e., they are violating the TOS for their ISP). Did you
check with the owners of the other WiFi networks if you have permissions to
use them? Did they check with the ISP that they can redistribute their
bandwidth? Are you going to be legally responsible for any illegal content
found on their hosts (you are part of their network)? Are they going to be
legally responsible for any content on your hosts? How will you prevent
yourself from getting blacklisted when the WiFi owner spews spam, or them
getting blacklisted because you are operating an infected host that has a
trojan mailer spewing spam? Will they be up 24x7? Will they provide a
number to call at any time to report an outage? Do you really want to share
the bandwidth with however many other "customers" they share their bandwidth
(which means your share could get so tiny that dial-up would be faster)?
Are they going to assign a QoS (Quality of Service) level for your network
that connects to theirs so, for example, some huge download they perform
won't end up locking out all other users? All risks and liabilities become
enjoined by all users of the same WiFi network. Are the in a large mesh
network to provide redundancy and large bandwidth in an attempt to provide a
community wide WiFi network, or is this just some joker that is illegally
sharing their ISP via an insecure WiFi setup?
It is unclear (to me) if you are attempting to *share* someone else's WiFi
network or to actually *switch* between them (which, I would think, could
simply be done by defining multiple connectoids in your Network applet in
Control Panel: you disable one connectoid and then enable the other one).
When sharing WiFi, doesn't the strongest one get used (provided they let you
connect)?
Maybe you are talking about P2P WiFi. Most such users are violating the TOS
for their ISPs. It would be easy for just one user to abuse the connection
and get the owner (and all users) killed off by the ISP. Remember that you
are letting the WiFi network owner and any user thereof into your network.
You don't mention HOW the WiFi owner is sharing, selling, or otherwise
making available their bandwidth. Maybe their using
http://www.junxionbox.com/ or some other solution.
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