On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 4:17 PM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On Thursday 05 December 2019 15:01:25 Bruce Layne wrote: > > > I'd use a USB WiFi dongle for the software upgrades or any other > > internet access, and use the ethernet port to control the 7i96. > > > That would work, except I've a neighbor that bought some sort of a > cracker for his phone that can deduce any passwd I set on my wifi's, > takes him about 30 seconds to crack the best phrase or a 4096 bit key, > then he uses 80 gigs a month of my bandwidth. The cap is much higher > than that, but it sure makes my network slow when hes hogging all my > bandwidth. So I put up with the cat6 all over the place and the wifi is > only turned on when my boys are visiting. > > > If you don't want your CNC machine on the internet most of the time, > > pull the WiFi dongle. I use my phone as the hotspot for my WiFi > > connected CNC machines. It's very convenient, secure, and it avoids > > stringing Cat6 cable around the shop. > > > > On 12/5/19 6:41 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Can that work thru a switch and maintain some modicum of decent > > > latentcy? Since very few, and they are getting old, computers have 2 > > > ethernet ports, and I consider a net connection a pre-requisite if > > > for no other reason than keeping the machine up to date > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Turn on a firewall and block him by MAC address. Dave _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
