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* If the wi-fi connection you want to use is secured, ask the owner about how to obtain the key. Secure connections appear on the list with closed padlock icons (one keyhole for WEP-secured connections, three keyholes for WPA-secured connections). Some connections will let you type the access key in just like at home, while others require you to go to a special web page on the tablet's web browser before you can be granted access. | * If the wi-fi connection you want to use is secured, ask the owner about how to obtain the key. Secure connections appear on the list with closed padlock icons (one keyhole for WEP-secured connections, three keyholes for WPA-secured connections). Some connections will let you type the access key in just like at home, while others require you to go to a special web page on the tablet's web browser before you can be granted access. | ||
- | As stated above, | + | As stated above, it's worth emphasising that it may be a crime to use someone else's wi-fi connection without their permission. Don't do it, it's not worth the risk. Hype about wi-fi being free is just not true, someone somewhere always has to pay the bills for the connection that the wi-fi router uses, so they are the ones who should decide how the wi-fi connection is used. |
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+ | Even if you live in a country where unauthorised use of a wi-fi connection isn't a crime, it's pretty unfair to do it. Using someone else's connection reduces the speed at which the legitimate owner can connect, and if the owner has a monthly limit on how much they can use the internet then your use of their connection will eat into that limit. | ||
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===Does using a home wi-fi network connect my tablet to my computer?=== | ===Does using a home wi-fi network connect my tablet to my computer?=== |
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