14/01/2011, 07:14 AM
i need a bit of help trying to make my internet more... what's the word I'm looking for... conventional...?
right now i have a computer set up in the other room just for internet sharing, and im trying to figure out a way to lesson the amount of electricity im using.
the neighbor down the road allows me to use his internet so i connect to his secure wifi connection via usb wifi card. this is then shared to an Ethernet connection on the computer to my net-gear box in the basement into the "internet in" then my box in the basement sends it out again as my own protected wifi.
as you can see this is a networking nightmare...
but it works.
all other wifi are built into computer, only one wifi card is usb and it it mounted on the tower outside to a satellite dish pointed to the neighbors house.
any... suggestions for reducing my power consumption?
also, no i cannot purchase my own internet.
and yes, im the moron that set this up.
right now i have a computer set up in the other room just for internet sharing, and im trying to figure out a way to lesson the amount of electricity im using.
the neighbor down the road allows me to use his internet so i connect to his secure wifi connection via usb wifi card. this is then shared to an Ethernet connection on the computer to my net-gear box in the basement into the "internet in" then my box in the basement sends it out again as my own protected wifi.
as you can see this is a networking nightmare...
but it works.
all other wifi are built into computer, only one wifi card is usb and it it mounted on the tower outside to a satellite dish pointed to the neighbors house.
any... suggestions for reducing my power consumption?
also, no i cannot purchase my own internet.
and yes, im the moron that set this up.