<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cblaisd:
Well, after the discussion (and the help! Thanks!) on
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/000218.html
I picked up a wireless PC card today. Took it home, installed it, and I am now surfing on someone else's connection! Very weird feeling. I too am in the suburbs, and I assume I must have a very near neighbor running a Wireless network. The i.d. only says "linksys." </font>
If you're on their network with your wireless card and no external antenna they must be VERY close. IMO it's your next door neighbor and their AP is next to the external wall that faces the room you're using your laptop in. Either that or they're running some sort of external antenna.
The Linksys wireless router/AP combo is VERY popular... $5 says you can go to
HTTP://192.168.1.1 and get into their router configuration pages. If you want to try it, don't put anything in the Name/User ID box and type admin (lowercase) in the password box.