[Magdalen] Another dumb tech question

[cady soukup]

WiFi is local. Internet requires something functioning outside of the
wifi router. 2 different things, 2 different sets of equipment. (Wifi
gets you to the local 3G/4G tower, the tower  gets you to the
internet.) Phones can go direct to a tower without benefit of wifi.
Computers (generally) cannot.

We've relied on the Culpeper Dump Tower 4G for - oh - about a year. It
has not been functioning for about 3 weeks - we have to go INTO
Culpeper to get 4G on our phones. Luckily, we still have our 3G router
and it is functioning. Slowly. Old technology.

The recent rains have been nasty to internet receiver/transmitters on
local towers.

Cady

On 8/20/18, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am apparently connected to Wifi—nice strong signal. However, I’m not
> connected to the internet—the internet icon on the router is flickering, and
> I can’t access anything except my mail, and I can’t download any of the
> content in that.
>
> I thought if you were connected to Wifi, you were connected to the internet,
> because I thought that’s what WiFi was for.
>
> What do I need to do to fix this? I’ve disconnected the router twice. I hope
> this isn’t going to be another 6-week nightmare with my internet provider!