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Originally Posted by Bean9403
I'm new to this... go easy. 
I've just started to become interested in Wifi after buying my first laptop (I've actually had a wifi desktop for a while now, but since it's pretty stationary theres only so many things I can play with). With a degree in Network Security and my Network+ & Security+ certs, I've got the computer side of things down pretty well, it's the radio side of things I'm trying to learn more about.
So my dilema is this: While at work(I work nights with little to do), I'm trying to connect to a wireless network in a cafe nearby. Nearby is a relative term because it's 11 floors down and across the street. My wireless card is a Zcomax 325HP+ (300mW). I can see the network with a 7dBi "cheapo" antenna, but can't get connected. Also, I'm in the middle of the city. So without the benefit of LOS and a noisy enviroment, is there any suggestions on antenna styles, gain levels, amplifiers, etc. that will help?
Sorry if this has been asked before and sorry for the long post.  |
Your dilemma is not that..
Your dilemma is what Erik Toivonen will say, when I inform him that he has an employee without morals working there at nights, more interested in using his laptop to commit a federal offence from within the premises of Barclays Bank Delaware in Wilmington, than taking care of what he was hired to do.
You see, accessing a wifi network without an explicit permission is a federal offence. And you don't have that permission, since you are not at the cafe where the wifi network has been setup as a service to their paying customers.
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