need a little advice

**Beefy187** · 07-23-2009, 07:15

Originally Posted by miotas

You could just try not stealing your neighbour's internet connection. Is this router so you can get a better signal from your neighbour?

And what do you mean you have no choice? Do you have a slow internet connection at home or no internet connection? If it's no internet connection then I can understand how you would need to steal from the neighbour for school, but stealing just to play a game is just downright dirty.

Isn't routers used to get your own internet connection going?

**miotas** · 07-23-2009, 07:50

Originally Posted by Beefy187

Isn't routers used to get your own internet connection going?

No you need a modem to get your own internet connection going.

**naut** · 07-23-2009, 09:01

I agree with miotas. A router alone =/= internet.

**Beefy187** · 07-23-2009, 09:34

Originally Posted by miotas

No you need a modem to get your own internet connection going.

Okay in that case I'm with miotas

**Fragony** · 07-23-2009, 10:37

Get a job and buy one yourself

**pevergreen** · 07-23-2009, 10:42

Sing this to your parents. They will understand.

**Hooahguy** · 07-23-2009, 12:08

Originally Posted by miotas

You could just try not stealing your neighbour's internet connection. Is this router so you can get a better signal from your neighbour?

And what do you mean you have no choice? Do you have a slow internet connection at home or no internet connection? If it's no internet connection then I can understand how you would need to steal from the neighbour for school, but stealing just to play a game is just downright dirty.

my connection isnt strong enough to play MP, which is why i want the router. the main family computer, which is bad for games, has broadband. and im banned from the main computer. im still not sure exactly why.

Originally Posted by Fragony

Get a job and buy one yourself

its not that i cant afford it, its that im not allowed to have one.

**Fragony** · 07-23-2009, 12:17

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

its not that i cant afford it, its that im not allowed to have one.

Shouldn't have hanged out with the Jewish Defense Force, that would freak out anyone

If you can pay for it ask why you aren't allowed to have it, what's up with that. Personal rule I developed, 'only listen when it makes sense', got me in trouble once in a while, but the payof is good.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 07-23-2009, 13:10

Sounds like you have a bigger problem than a weak internet connection.Poor communication with ones parents is never a good thing. Try handling it by asking why you're banned from the main computer and not allowed a router either to use your own. If you're being punished and don't know why, well, that's dodgy parenting in my book. Be straightforward and honest first and show you deserve to be trusted. Do it for yourself, if not for them. Going behind their back first just reinforces the claim that "I don't trust you", don't give them that ammunition to use against you.

I learned from an early age that being honest with my Dad, including the bad news, was less painful than getting caught in a lie. It builds character and when you learn to pick your battles wisely demonstrates one has the courage of their convictions no matter what anyone else thinks.
Nobody likes or respects a sneak and a liar, including the sneaky liar.