To cut a long story short, wifi at work has just been switched off, our building is also like working in a tin can so although we are in the middle of Central London we barely get a cellular signal either. Is there any solutions that could provide us with internet? Obviously have no access to phone lines etc.
Wifi switched off at work, any solution?
- Thread starter nichorob
- Start date
Smoke signals.
//On a more serious note, are there any coffeeshops nearby? Can you pick up anything from BT? If the answer to either of the above is yes, I can hook you up, just tell me what network you have and I'll send you some juicy login details.
I'm in the same boat as you, rubbish signal in London... well, except that I work in BTs headquarters so I'm never short of wifi
//On a more serious note, are there any coffeeshops nearby? Can you pick up anything from BT? If the answer to either of the above is yes, I can hook you up, just tell me what network you have and I'll send you some juicy login details.
I'm in the same boat as you, rubbish signal in London... well, except that I work in BTs headquarters so I'm never short of wifi
Smoke signals.
//On a more serious note, are there any coffeeshops nearby? Can you pick up anything from BT? If the answer to either of the above is yes, I can hook you up, just tell me what network you have and I'll send you some juicy login details.
I'm in the same boat as you, rubbish signal in London... well, except that I work in BTs headquarters so I'm never short of wifi
Nope, nothing in range unfortunately, but thanks.
Don't have access to any routers / access points either
Yes, in a nutshell.
Caporegime
- Joined
- 18 Sep 2009
- Posts
- 30,523
- Location
- Dormanstown.
Tether to your phone you're currently using?
Or just turn it back on.
Or just turn it back on.
Associate
- Joined
- 11 Apr 2006
- Posts
- 830
- Location
- Yorkshire
Do your pcs have internet? Install a the ethernet into a wireless router and then use another cable to plug it back in. Then enjoy wifi?
Just a heads-up. Depending on how corporate your work environment is and how they have their policies set up, you may find that setting up your own wireless access point on the company network is a sackable offense.
Otherwise, if you have some mobile signal say near a window, you could get a MiFi box to make that available further into the building.
You might get some mileage from something like Vodafone's Suresignal box - or other network's equivalent - but that would require plugging into the company network which, again, may get you sacked. If allowable, you might want to check what speed the 'mobile' data runs at over such a system as it appears that Vodafone's is only 384kbps.
Otherwise, if you have some mobile signal say near a window, you could get a MiFi box to make that available further into the building.
You might get some mileage from something like Vodafone's Suresignal box - or other network's equivalent - but that would require plugging into the company network which, again, may get you sacked. If allowable, you might want to check what speed the 'mobile' data runs at over such a system as it appears that Vodafone's is only 384kbps.