NETGEAR Y U NO...

DailyGeek · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:11

This guy needs his balls wiring up to a car battery. Seriously, it's an abusive trait to control like that.

Having said that, if that really is your connection speed, he probably feels impotent and frustrated the whole time

Short of messing with the router firmware or getting a 3G dongle (or trying something like OCShield), you don't have many options, except for making his life a living hell until he gives you what you want. So many women have mastered this power of being a massive pain the arse to men, you just need to search deep inside and find that part of you that can destroy him

UncleRuckus · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:12

Globul said:
That definitely deserved a HUGE sigh

I can't live with my pops unfortunately I stated earlier he can't really afford it, and he lives in a 1 bed flat (I sleep on the sofa bed in the living room) so it would be awkward living permanently there!

Ah right, that's a nightmare!

Okay I don't know if this has been suggested, thought about offering a tenner each month towards the broadband, in exchange for unblocking traffic as you would then be contributing to the costs?

IMO dongles are pretty crap and you don't get a awful lot of gigs for download.

Aod · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:14

RomanNose said:
Why are people a dongle, vpn is cheaper and no stupid caps.

it sounds like the Commandant has something sucking up all the bandwidth on the connection so even if she got a VPN she'd still have bugger all speed.

Globul, to answer your question re. machines being identified on the router and their OS's.

He'd be able to see you were running Windows 7 if he was performing packet inspection, but from the sounds of it it's a consumer router and he's also not that technically competent. in that case, he's just looking at the MAC addresses of all the devices that have connected to the router. every internet-connection-device (so, Ethernet port, Wifi card) has its own unique MAC address, so he can't tell what OS you're running on your laptop but might notice if you plugged it in by Ethernet.

GT3 · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:17

Whenever I'm out and about with the laptop I use the wireless tethering on my samsung galaxy and its generally depending on area quite fast. Decent enough for browsing anyway!

I'm on the three one plan, which is completely unlimited data. And it was only £25 a month including the phone and loads of minutes and texts!

Sounds like it could be an option here?

Aod · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:18

Globul's budget does not stretch to £25 a month or even £10 a month

GT3 · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:22

Aod said:
Globul's budget does not stretch to £25 a month or even £10 a month

Suppose I should read the whole thread first, I just kinda thought most peoples phone bills would be around that or more anyway!

UncleRuckus · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:22

Aod said:
Globul's budget does not stretch to £25 a month or even £10 a month

Christ what a complete **** situation; so she's studying fulltime, works, her mother is loaded and she still has to buy her own food.

I'd turn my back on them as soon as I was out on my own.

Cleeecooo · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:22

GT3 said:
Whenever I'm out and about with the laptop I use the wireless tethering on my samsung galaxy and its generally depending on area quite fast. Decent enough for browsing anyway!

I'm on the three one plan, which is completely unlimited data. And it was only £25 a month including the phone and loads of minutes and texts!

Sounds like it could be an option here?

Aod said:
Globul's budget does not stretch to £25 a month or even £10 a month

however, if that includes a phone, she could sell that?

Globul · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:33

UncleRuckus said:
Christ what a complete **** situation; so she's studying fulltime, works, her mother is loaded and she still has to buy her own food.

I'd turn my back on them as soon as I was out on my own.

Oh, my mums a good person, she makes me buy my own food so I learn to be more independant, because I am an only child. She still buys bits and bobs for me, like cranberry juice for my health, 1 veggie meal a week and a pack of prawns every week! She spoils me too

Cleeecooo said:
however, if that includes a phone, she could sell that?

My phone was less than £100 and its PAYG

SB118 · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:40

Ditch your payg sim, get a giffgaff network sim, £10 month package has unlimited data, tether to your phone.

How much does your payg currently cost?

Aod · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:47

Globul said:
Oh, my mums a good person

It sounds like she's a bit stingy

Globul said:
she makes me buy my own food so I learn to be more independant, because I am an only child.

Actually, at 23 you're quite the adult. you certainly seem to be pretty mature.
That said, forcing you to basically put yourself into poverty just to "Teach you to be independent" seems both irresponsible and cruel. It may be teaching you about being frugal and self-sustaining, but it's hardly helping your mental state?

Globul said:
She still buys bits and bobs for me, like cranberry juice for my health, 1 veggie meal a week and a pack of prawns every week! She spoils me too

That doesn't sound like you're being spoilt

Globul · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:48

She buys me clothes and things, she spent over £100 in London on me the other week, I think if my step dad wasn't there and if I didn't enjoy buying my own food so much, she'd still buy my food too. Trust me, my mums brilliant, and I appreciate her to the max

Nate Silvers · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:53

[TW]Fox;20610459 said:
Says you with your 16 posts a day - hardly low volume eh?

35 posts a day **** the bed.

Globul · 20 Nov 2011 at 20:59

Nate Silvers said:
35 posts a day **** the bed.

Stop doing that on my thread, the mods might get mad at you for that

So far my options are;

~Fiddle the router
~Get a dongle
~VPN

Nate Silvers · 20 Nov 2011 at 21:00

Globul said:
Stop doing that on my thread, the mods might get mad at you for that

So far my options are;

~Fiddle the router
~Get a dongle
~VPN

You stop it this is my thread.

Globul · 20 Nov 2011 at 21:02

Nate Silvers said:
You stop it this is my thread.

LOL it hasn't got your name on the OP

Nate Silvers · 20 Nov 2011 at 21:03

Why you writing your name on MY thread?

Globul · 20 Nov 2011 at 21:04

Nate Silvers said:
Why you writing your name on MY thread?

Because it's MY thread, you don't have a highly controlling step father, you have your own internet that you use to insult your neighbours with

Nate Silvers · 20 Nov 2011 at 21:14

-Stop posting in his thread or else!

Cleeecooo · 20 Nov 2011 at 21:17

Nate Silvers said:
35 posts a day **** the bed.

ok...

Nate Silvers said:
http://s8.postimage.org/z0xp4qrv7/Untitled_1_copy.jpg[IMG] [SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"] -[COLOR="Yellow"]Stop posting in his thread or else![/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

stop it - both of you! :rolleyes: