At 9:43 PM -0500 11/1/05, Tom W. wrote:
On 11/1/05, David Elmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [G] Using "open" wireless networks Was: Embarrassingly
> simple but urgent question!
>
> At 1:00 PM -0500 11/1/05, Len Gerstel wrote:
>> FWIW, I have my home 802.11b router left to factory defaults for two
>> reasons. I only have 2 neighbors close enough to steal my signal
>> (one where both the husband and wife are ministers and the other's
>> computer uses tubes).
Interesting, somebody from the church across the street from me, about
50-70 yards away, phoned yesterday to say they were picking up my
wireless network and it was wide open. this would translate to about
four units down on either side of me including the apartment building
on one side.
Across the street would have more range, it can go farther with fewer
walls to go through.
I had changed from cable to dsl a week ago and I think my protection
got messed up then. I had to enable this wireless encryption (WEP) in
the router's admin page. Then I entered a password which was
translated into a 64 bit number. Now, only wireless devices that have
this password keyed in can access the network.
It's probably a good idea to check your "protected" network by trying
to access it without the key. It helps if you have a laptop that
isn't used on the wireless network so you can be sure it doesn't have
the key.
To the person with only two neighbors, last year, the police in St.
Catharines, Ontario, busted a guy who was cruising neighbourhoods with
his laptop and wireless card. When he found a wireless connection, he
parked and downloaded porn through it. They found him parked outside a
home with his pants around his ankles.
I would be disgusted to think someone was using my connection for that
purpose, but now I am safely protected again.
Just my two cents.
What is needed is a feature in a router that (when enabled) and porn
is requested it gets translated to some other website family values,
gay porn, accounting courses, the FBI, whatever.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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