If I fix my neighbor's internet connection for him, without asking him, that I've been stealing, am I doing him a favor?
I was going go sign up for cable internet right away, but as I have been using his connection without a problem, I haven't felt compelled. I've only been web surfing, not streaming video or bittorrenting, so I'm not really much of a burden.
So one day I try to logon and its not working. So I screw around with a bunch of settings my computer, trying to release an IP, and it isn't working. So I jump onto his router settings and see that he doesn't have a connection.
So what would I do if it were my router? I would reset it and see if that fixed the problem. So shouldn't I go ahead and reset his? I mean, it isn't working for him either at that point. So I reset his router through his wide open router settings page, and all is well again.
As far as I'm concerned, I've done him a favor. Its kind of like I broke into his house and did the dishes.
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I know very little about this sort of thing but I think that if you using his internet connection isn't going to be costing him any extra money then there's nothing wrong with it.
People will disagree, but that's the way it goes...
Perhaps you could do something about that though - you could suggest to him that you share his router and you both pay half the bill. Don't let on that you've already been using it and everyone's a winner! ;)
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If fixing it for him fixes it for you, too, then it's all good. it's up to him to protect what he has... Maybe he doesn't care if it's not affecting his service... but if you're piggybacking, maybe other people are too.
If you put a dish of jellybeans on your desk, everyone will feel like they can help themselves. If you put it in your drawer, (regardless of if it's locked) you're basically saying, "this is not available for open consumption"
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Just wanted to add that if you can fix his router without going into his apartment then go ahead, I didn't know you could do that I thought you had to do it in his house through his router. And if he doesn't have his router key protected then I don't think it's stealing, maybe he really doesn't care.
I don't think @fogelbaby is going to break in to the neighbour's apartment, I'm pretty sure the last sentence of the question was just a little joke... ;)
I didn't actually break in! I logged onto his router administration page and fixed it through my browser! come on.
