restaurant has WiFi

[b11_]

A local restaurant has WiFi. If I was just outside the building with a
notebook that has WiFi, would the signal pass through the wall?

 

[LVTravel]

We don't know as we aren't there. Why don't you try it and find out. My
WAP is 60 feet from my laptop going through 5 walls and still have 54 Mbps
signal strength but these are standard house walls.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

We shall alert the media to your remarkable discovery.

 

[Nil]

A local restaurant has WiFi. If I was just outside the building
with a notebook that has WiFi, would the signal pass through the
wall?

Might. Try it and see.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Maybe you should visit the owner of the
restaurant ask your question. Perhaps you
can also request a free meal.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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A local restaurant has WiFi. If I was just outside the building with a
notebook that has WiFi, would the signal pass through the wall?

 

[PD43]

A local restaurant has WiFi. If I was just outside the building with a
notebook that has WiFi, would the signal pass through the wall?

did you TRY to see if your notebook would find the signal???????????

 

[Nepatsfan]

A local restaurant has WiFi. If I was just outside the building with a
notebook that has WiFi, would the signal pass through the wall?

Only if they have a take-out window

Seriously, you won't know the answer to that question until you try for
yourself.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[PD43]

We shall alert the media to your remarkable discovery.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This guy seems to be a real bozo IMO

 

[PD43]

Maybe you should visit the owner of the
restaurant ask your question. Perhaps you
can also request a free meal.

CAREY HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR!!!

PD43
(formerly known back in 2002 as "Barney Fife")

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

A local restaurant has WiFi. If I was just outside the building with a
notebook that has WiFi, would the signal pass through the wall?

That depends on:

1. How strong the wifi signal is.

2. How far you are from the antenna.

3. What the walls are made of.

 

[PD43]

That depends on:

1. How strong the wifi signal is.

2. How far you are from the antenna.

3. What the walls are made of.

You forgot to include the possibility that even IF the signal was
available, the OP might not be able to access it without a user ID and
password provided by the restaurant.

Not cool, Mr. MVP

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

You forgot to include the possibility that even IF the signal was
available, the OP might not be able to access it without a user ID and
password provided by the restaurant.

Nope, although what you say is true, in my experience it is seldom the
case. But more important, it is not relevant to his question "would
the signal pass through the wall?"

I am sometimes willing to read more into the question than the person
asked, in an effort to help. But not for someone who apparently wants
to steal the signal.

 

[PD43]

Nope, although what you say is true, in my experience it is seldom the
case. But more important, it is not relevant to his question "would
the signal pass through the wall?"

I am sometimes willing to read more into the question than the person
asked, in an effort to help. But not for someone who apparently wants
to steal the signal.

If the signal isn't userID/password protected, then it's technically
not stealing IMO. The onus is on the provider of the signal to
restrict its use to authorized accessors.

 

[John]

If the signal isn't userID/password protected, then it's technically
not stealing IMO. The onus is on the provider of the signal to
restrict its use to authorized accessors.

So that means if someone takes something from your wide open car/house, it's
not stealing? Awesome!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If you use an unsecured signal, you place yourself
at risk that a hacker could steal whatever information
you transmit. Its not wise to steal wireless bandwidth!

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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If the signal isn't userID/password protected, then it's technically
not stealing IMO. The onus is on the provider of the signal to
restrict its use to authorized accessors.

 

[Bob]

A local restaurant has WiFi. If I was just outside the building with a
notebook that has WiFi, would the signal pass through the wall?

Is this a trick question? A contest? Is there a prize for the best answer?

 

[M.I.5¾]

If the signal isn't userID/password protected, then it's technically
not stealing IMO. The onus is on the provider of the signal to
restrict its use to authorized accessors.

Then your interpretation is wrong. The courts have already decided that
using someone else's WiFi network without authorisation (whether secured or
not) is an offence under the Misuse of Computers Act. This was extensively
discussed not so long ago on uk.legal.

 

[Bob I]

So that means if someone takes something from your wide open car/house, it's
not stealing? Awesome!

Since radio waves are in the public domain, it's hardly the same thing.
If the "owner" provides the signal, the public may use it, plain and
simple. It's up to the owner to determine whether the signal is "public"
or "private", and the use the provided method to make it private if they
don't want it to be public access.

 

[Bjarke Andersen]

If the signal isn't userID/password protected, then it's technically
not stealing IMO. The onus is on the provider of the signal to
restrict its use to authorized accessors.

Difference is IMO (in this case your opinion) and the law.
In some countries gaining access to wireless networks even unsecured is
entering others private domain and is illegal.

 

[PD43]

Then your interpretation is wrong. The courts have already decided that
using someone else's WiFi network without authorisation (whether secured or
not) is an offence under the Misuse of Computers Act. This was extensively
discussed not so long ago on uk.legal.

Sorry, matey... I don't live in the UK.