Disabling the wireless on a wireless router is easy; and if disabled in BIOS is not enough, most of them have removable antenna ;)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhs > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 1:45 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] NuMachine > > jmaccraw, > Completely accept your comments. I do know that my RT-314 is very > long of tooth. Damn, it was fast! Ok, I'll go look at, maybe, the DLink > DGL-4100. I'll save the RT-314 for my Sister when she caves in to the > two nephews "need" for broadband. (I believe the ruleset in the old box is > still good, sort of!) > > Accept your position re wireless. I am just not there yet. I am not a > fan > of setting my home up as a mini-broadcast station. Understand the > "proper setup" business. If I thought "proper setup" was a pedestrian, we > would not be having this discussion; I'd already be wireless! > Oh, I do NOT use Cell Phones either. I know, how "Dinosaur!" > > Yes, I may be doing something truly stupid by current standards, but > on a limited income/budget, I'm looking for contemporary solutions using > OLD hdw as a bridge/bandaid. I am retired and have a house full of OLD > spare hdw to do something with! > A new router/firewall box will cost $. Fine. > So will the CC solution in the end. If I end up with a reasonably soiid > firewall/gateway for my "old" lan, all is OK and I'm $ forward. > > The CC solution exposes me to Linux. A good thing I think. It has been > 6 years now and about time I played with it, at least. > Best, > Duncan > > > On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:21 , jmaccraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > > > >You can turn off the wireless portion FWIW Duncan! That said WPA is much > >better than WEP and as a paranoid I do not fear using it if properly set > up. > > > >The Netgear RT314 was good hardware (so was the RP114, I have 3 laying > >around) based on ZyXel's unit but lacks SPI AFAIK. What you are > >proposing is overkill given solutions like the WRT54GS and Asus w500's > >with a 3rd party linux firmware, but to each his own... > > > > > > > >dhs wrote: > >> jmaccrar, Chris, Hayes, Ben, Bryan, > >> > >> I do realize that most of you have moved on to wireless lans. > >> I have NOT. I still do not find wireless secure. Excuse me. > >> Yes, I do see that wireless has gotten better. Not "better" > >> enough for me yet. I do accept that I might be a late acceptor. > >> > >> I have a wired lan. Will continue to have a wired lan. No plans to > >> change in the immediate future. Hell, I'm still doing my cat5e drawings > >> for this house! > >> > > > > > > > > This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
