Ian, Each unit has its own MAC address. Devolo supply a little utility that lists all the plug units it can find on the mains network. All you do then is group the corresponding MAC addresses of your units (its pretty certain no one else will be using them!) into your own local network, you then set a password, which I think acts as a key for the embedded encryption in each unit. To be fair this bit was not so clear from the paper work that came with the units, I wondered for a few days how things were secured etc. as anyone on the same phase within 200-300m could pick up my traffic. I eventually found the utility after a bit of browsing on the supplied CD - almost a case of RTFM but not quite.
Did you sort your machine problems out? Regards Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 September 2007 00:21 To: [email protected] Subject: [Emc-users] wireless network campatiblity?EMC2 Live CD >>>>> Eventually I found the Devolo ether over mains plugs. and have now switched off the router WiFi - it was always a pain to use + not that secure.>>>>>>> Hi, I've wondered about these myself and you seem to think they are more secure than a normal router (presumably with WEP encoding). What makes them more secure - what would stop someone else on your mains feed from the main power company transformer maybe several blocks away, picking up your signals and intercepting your web work or catching files you are transferring? -- Best wishes, Ian ____________ Ian W. Wright Sheffield UK "The difference between theory and practice is much smaller in theory than in practice..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
