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So earlier today my D-Link Wireless Router gave me trouble, and nothing I could do would fix it, until at long last I finally got a wireless signal - albeit extremely weak...then it disappeared. Anyway, I finally went to Best Buy and bought another wireless router. I unplug my old router, turn on my computer and open up the Setup CD. Then I noticed that Mail was showing 2 new messages...out of curiosity, I opened it, then decided to open Firefox.
Somehow, my computer is accessing the Internet. I check out AirPort, and it is showing me connected to Home, my old wireless network that I had through the D-Link. But how is this possible? My old router isn't even plugged in to anything, it is sitting with the power cord on my floor, dead. My Verizon DSL Modem doesn't have any kind of built-in wireless ability as far as I can tell (I've got the Fujitsu Speedport modem Verizon provided). It is plugged into the phone outlet, and to the AC outlet, but that is it. My computer has the power cord and a USB cable to the printer.
I mean, as far as I can tell, this should be impossible, right? It isn't like I latched on to someone else's network.
Somehow, my computer is accessing the Internet. I check out AirPort, and it is showing me connected to Home, my old wireless network that I had through the D-Link. But how is this possible? My old router isn't even plugged in to anything, it is sitting with the power cord on my floor, dead. My Verizon DSL Modem doesn't have any kind of built-in wireless ability as far as I can tell (I've got the Fujitsu Speedport modem Verizon provided). It is plugged into the phone outlet, and to the AC outlet, but that is it. My computer has the power cord and a USB cable to the printer.
I mean, as far as I can tell, this should be impossible, right? It isn't like I latched on to someone else's network.
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