Find out where the Rogers cable enters your house. It should be near the electrical panel, which is usually in the basement.
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 at 22:32, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Don, > Thanks, will ask again but my understanding is that all equipment is > upstairs in my landlord's apartment. > > > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, Don Tai wrote: > > > If your apartment is in the basement, it is possible that the Rogers > router > > is also in the basement? Check to see where the wire enters the house. > > Usually the main router from Bell or Rogers will have 4 ethernet ports. > If > > everyone is wireless, then these ports should be free. You might want to > > check where the main router is located. > > > > Don > > > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 at 19:33, Karen Lewellen via talk <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi James, > >> fine questions. > >> First, there is no other tenet here, its a private home, my apartment is > >> in the basement, and honestly? I saw more than a few rental unites that > >> advertised as all inclusive, i. e. providing internet as a part of the > >> rent just like some provide utilities. > >> Speaking personally, I wonder how rogers enforced that rule? > >> willing to share the models of those units so I can search for them? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, James Knott via talk wrote: > >> > >>> On 2023-04-13 18:13, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > >>>> Hi wise souls, > >>>> I hope I ask this question clearly, as it may be hard to picture. > >>>> My new landlord is including Internet in my rent, all the more > >> motivation > >>>> to find a solution. > >>>> he has bell, fibe for home, which includes things like Internet, but > is > >>>> not very aware of unique methods of using the Internet, like Ethernet > >>>> connections. > >>>> for the past year I have quite easily used fibe connections with my > >> main > >>>> machine, so I feel sure this may be more about distance than anything > >>>> else. > >>>> There is no physical modem in my apartment. Instead, I have a set of > >> two > >>>> adapter I got from the source a few years back. > >>>> they plug into the wall, have a single Ethernet jack, and when the > >> other > >>>> item is connected to the modem via the same method, I can use the > >>>> network, no extra software involved. > >>>> The problem we are having though is that for unexplained reasons I > >> loose > >>>> internet access, sometimes for minutes, sometimes for several hours > at > >> a > >>>> time. > >>>> My first thought was that perhaps the service upstairs thinks i am a > >>>> threat, but again my new landlord has no idea how to check for this. > >>>> To be forthright the Internet shakiness is becoming a major factor > for > >> me > >>>> personally, I still have no land line, doing a great deal of work > with > >>>> resources on line, like reach my office email. > >>>> Leading me to the question. > >>>> given adapter like the one I am using now existed, think 2017 or > >> 2018, I > >>>> am guessing comparative ones exist that allow the Ethernet connection > >> to > >>>> tap into a wireless network. > >>>> By which I mean, there will be no need for the adapter to be > >> physically > >>>> connected to the service modem, the adapter can draw upon the > wireless > >>>> resources, while still providing say a single Ethernet jack. > >>>> Anyone know of such an adapter? > >>>> amazon Canada would be wonderful as I have a gift card balance just > >> now. > >>>> If confusing, ask questions that make it easier to follow, my main > >>>> computer uses Ethernet only, I have no wireless resources whatsoever. > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Karen > >>> Yes, it is possible to do that with WiFi. I have a couple of portable > >>> routers that will do that. However, another issue is by sharing > >> Internet > >>> service, your landlord might be violating his terms of service with his > >>> ISP. For example, here's something that's prohibited on Rogers. I > >> expect > >>> Bell will have something similar. > >>> > >>> "use the Services for anything other than your own personal > >>> purposes (such as reselling the Services, providing Internet > >>> access or any other feature of the Services to any third party) or > >>> share or transfer your Services without our express consent" > >>> > >>> So, if your landlord has personal service for his home and shares it > >> with > >>> tenants, he would be violating this. > >>> > >>> Also, what privacy protection would you have, to keep him or the other > >> tenant > >>> off your network? Typically, you'd use a router. > >>> --- > >>> Post to this mailing list [email protected] > >>> Unsubscribe from this mailing list > >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > >>> > >>> --- > >> Post to this mailing list [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe from this mailing list > >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > >> > > >
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