Re: borrowing a friend's dsl connection

From: wesley (w_olandat_at_yahoodot.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:05:38 -0600

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:47:12 -0800, Tyrone wrote:

> I'm housesitting for friends who are out of the country for a month.
> Trouble is, I don't want to use their Window setup but do need to
> access the Internet with their DSL connection. I know it's a DHCP
> setup because my original strategy was simply copy the IP info.
>
> I didn't record the name of the provider (possibly SBIC? / San
> Francisco).
>
> All help is greatly appreciated.

If it is really a DHCP setup, you won't need to know the current IP or who
the ISP is. You configure your PC to pick up a DHCP address on boot and
that's that. I do this with my laptop when I use internet connections away
from my home.

Now, if your friend's internet service is PPPOE or such, you'll need a
logon name and password. It could even go so far as your needing to
emulate a MAC address.

As someone else noted, I hope you have their permission. You could cause
them quite a few problems if inappropriate internet stuff was traced back
to their IP address on your account.

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