Can not locate IP address

dcleslie7 · Oct 28, 2008

I have used linksys wireless card to get onto internet through someone else's connection. I know this may not be incredibly ethical, but I 'justified' it in my mind because I'm only around for another week (moving).

I could connect before. The connection says it's connected with a strong signal, but it won't actually connect to the internet. When I go into the settings and click 'repair connection' it says it can't find an IP address. I'm not sure why this happened as I had connected the past two days.

I'm on a laptop with Windows XP.

Any ideas?

buggabear · Oct 28, 2008

to locate an ip address
start>run>cmd>ipconfig/all>
to fix or renew it ipconfig/release>then ipconfig/renew

Like you said ethically, I can't help you with the other part. Hold on here someone else may assist you further

chaimjm · Oct 28, 2008

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A man who was spotted in the street using his laptop to access an unsecured wireless connection has been arrested. The 39-year-old man was seen sitting on a wall outside a home in Chiswick, west London, by two community support officers. Dishonestly obtaining free internet access is an offence under the Communications Act 2003 and a potential breach of the Computer Misuse Act When questioned he admitted using the owner's unsecured wireless internet connection without permission and was arrested on suspicion of stealing a wireless broadband connection. The man was bailed to October pending further inquiries. Dishonestly obtaining free internet access is an offence under the Communications Act 2003 and a potential breach of the Computer Misuse Act. The move is the latest example of police cracking down on a crime that did not exist several years ago when wireless internet access was relatively rare. In April, a man was cautioned by police after neighbours saw him using a laptop in a car parked outside a house in Redditch, Worcestershire. In 2005, a man was fined £500 for piggybacking on someone else's wireless broadband connection in London. Detective Constable Mark Roberts, of the Metropolitan Police computer crime unit, said anyone who illegally uses a broadband link faces arrest. He said: &amp

This arrest should act as a warning to anyone who thinks it is acceptable to illegally use other people's broadband connections. &To do so potentially breaches the Computer Misuse Act and the Communications Act, so computer users need to be aware that this is unlawful and police will investigate any violation we become aware of.&amp
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dcleslie7 · Oct 29, 2008

Point well taken!

I suppose I can go without access for a couple of weeks then

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