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by DimWit Kid » Sun, 01 May 2005 1:57 pm
So your flatmate has the cable modem and has an account with SCV for that cable modem? Yes then you can set up your wireless card to connect to the modem/router.
In case it's not very clear: you (or your friend, or anybody who will give you access to their cable modem cum wireless router) need to have an account with SCV on the cable modem. Having an account for wireless access anywhere else doesn't have anything to do with it.
Once you have an authorized cable modem from SCV (therefore a Maxonline account with it), then it comes the setting up.
One thing you need to know is that some Windows setting puts WEP on as a default (WEP is a secure protection for wireless connection). You need to check whether the router's WEP is on or off. If it's off, then you turn off the WEP setting in windows as well.
Next, the router might be "restricted" in giving access by whoever setting it up (if it's not, it means all the neighbors will get free hitchhike on the cyber space!). You need to add your MAC ID into the acceptable list in the router.
If all is well, you don't even need to have whatever other account (no need that account for wireless access at coffee bean) - anybody can just buy wireless card and connect to any router as long as the router admin authorize the connection.
From what you said, you can't even pick up IP address from the router, so it means you only detect the router broadcast but can't connect to it. It seems like your wireless card lacks authorization to do just that - so if your friend knows how to set up the gateway, he needs to authorize yours.