Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 1029547" data-attributes="member: 40142">Your roommate sounds like he has a DSL line from AT&T, basically a landline to the internet through a phone line.He also has Wifi, basically he has a Router, which allows any computer locally to connect to his router wirelessly, you connect to the router through Wifi and the router connects to the phone line and AT&T. A router is basically a bridge, providing wireless access to computers while itself being physically connected to the phone network, much like a cordless phone base station is connected to the phone line, but lets you use a cordless phone anywhere in the house.So its not illegal, sounds like he is being very generous, allowing you to connect to his router for free.</blockquote>