Why can't I connect to a neighbor's wireless network? I have a laptop with internal wireless card and their network key?

1 Well for one thing, usually the absolute maximum wireless range for a router is 300 feet. But you do have signal drop off with distance, increasing at a geometrical rate. And if the signal has to go through concrete or soil or stone to reach you, some of it will be deflected...The effective range for many of these off the shelf routers is more like a radius of 30-50 feet.

2 (Sorry, if you are NEARBY, the other possibility is that your laptop wireless card does not have the capability of connecting to the type of router protocol that his offers. There are three primary ones: 802.11g 802.11a or 802.11b. )Not all wireless cards can receive all three.

Mine in fact, on a laptop only a year old, is only compatible with two of these...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi .

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