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.