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Posted by BGN on 10/11/53 11:45
On 20 Apr 2006 02:48:56 -0700, "Smid" <smidscot@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Having been using my router for a few months now just for its hardware
>> >firewall and ethernet connection I was appalled to just find that three
>> >other computer had decided to join my network!
>>
>> You never noticed?
>>
>> >I can understand that people want to use these items straight out of the box
>> >and for their connection to be automatically detected but surely it is not
>> >too much to expect a little bit of security rather than the "hey come and
>> >connect to me" signal that is broadcast
>>
>> When you plugged it in and you configured it why didn't you turn WEP
>> on?
>>
>> Whenever I configure a new router I always get it working without WEP
>> (takes af ew minutes) and then turn WEP on so no one else can use it.
>
>I consider myself reasonably competent, having built PCs since the 386
>days, but I'm on my second wireless router, neither had WPA (indeed,
>looking for a new one, none mention whether they have them) and I
>couldn't get either to work in 128 Bit WEP encyption... Well, not the
>windows laptop or linux boot, or the Palm TX or any of the rest....
>
>In the end, I mac address lock, and pull the plug on it when
>finished....
>
>Whether this is my fault, or pure bad luck having bad routers or
>serious interference, its still been pretty non trivial for me...
>
>Works fine unprotected...
I just use the lowest type of encryption (13 alphanumeric characters).
I live in a very rural area and I doubt any of my neighbours (all of
which are very old) care to use a computer let alone try to l33t
h4xx0r stray WiFi signals.
There are also no other wireless networks in range.
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