How is my internet working?

[ComeTurismO]

Hey all,

This may be a dumb question, but I must ask. Just two hours ago, we disconnected the modem to punish my brother for being a little shit, and now when I passed by his room, his internet was still working. I realized he has a network adapter, but that doesn't explain why its working. I decided to connect my network adapter with my Dish box in my room, and my TV is working? How in the hell is my internet working without a modem? What the hell?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

What is your network adapter hooked up to?

 

[ComeTurismO]

What is your network adapter hooked up to?

nothing! I hooked one to the dish, where it was working. another one hooked to a pc. like what the fuckkkkkk!?!?!

 

[TotalInsanity4]

nothing! I hooked one to the dish, where it was working. another one hooked to a pc. like what the fuckkkkkk!?!?!

So... wut? You have a cable dangling from your devices that's sucking internet out of the air? Or do you mean "router" when you say "network adapter"?

 

[VinsCool]

Maybe he is using his neighbour internet

 

[migles]

the only explanation i come is, maybe he made a setup from a pc (or a phone) to connect to the neighboor wireless.. and maybe is using something as a repeater..

what do you mean by. "I decided to connect my network adapter with my Dish box in my room, and my TV is working"

 

[storm75x]

Hotspot Wifi from phone
Problem solved

 

[GreenZeldaCap]

^This. Hotspot wifi all the way.

 

[p1ngpong]

Sounds like you are n00bs who don't know what you are doing or what you actually disconnected. You probably unplugged a VCR or a toaster or something instead of a "modem". Check if the light on your refrigerator still comes on, you probably unplugged that.

yep

 

[sarkwalvein]

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ROFL, but probably accurate.

 

[Deleted member 301661]

p1ngpong, your an oracle, those were my thought excactly, i think he disconnected a switch (ethernet), but forgot that there's wifi still working.

 

[cdoty]

we disconnected the modem to punish my brother for being a little shit, and now when I passed by his room, his internet was still working. I realized he has a network adapter, but that doesn't explain why its working. I decided to connect my network adapter with my Dish box in my room, and my TV is working? How in the hell is my internet working without a modem? What the hell?

I think your brother patched into arpanet using a flux capacitor cable.. That boy's going places when he grows up!

You should see how many jiggawatts he's getting.

 

[vayanui8]

One time when I was moving my modem it turned out we didn't even need one of the cables that was plugged into it. That's most likely what happened.