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 <talk@gtalug.org>
> 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.
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