Greetings Mac Folks,
At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing
quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600
(400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through
a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub.
We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building
might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? I'm assuming
that's very possible. I'm curious to know, is there a way for me to
check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity
while I'm hooked up with the TiBook (is this built into Panther, which
I'm still very much learning, or do I need third party activity
tracking software)? Would other devices like wireless phones possibly
make the lights jump? How worried should I be, if at all. Are they
getting a free ride? Or worse? Could they hack into it without
passwords? (Generally I assume virtually anything is possible...)
I've never noticed that anything untoward is happening with my
computers. The TiBook mostly stays at work, in any case.
I almost hate to ask this for fear of what I'll find out -- but better
safe than sorry.
Cheers,
Rick
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