Yeh, been running a wired network since before wireless was available, so I
had no choice. Given the option today, I'd probably go wireless too. What
Chris has written make a lot of sense, although multiple firewalls really
solves the security issue.
Safety Fast!
Gordie Bird
'62 MGA
'67 MGBGT
>
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, CHRIS KOTTING wrote:
> > 1) Interference. Since you're talking about radio frequency
> transmissions,
> > you are talking about the likelihood of interference.
> Interference will drop
> > your transmission speeds. A completely wireless set-up will have lower
> > throughput than a wired set-up.
>
> I'm not going to turn this into a wire debate, and if you guys like
> drilling holes in your walls, far be it from me to stop you ;) I can
> max-out my cable modem bandwidth from any of the wireless computers in my
> house. Like Mark noted, for most usage, the speed advantage of wired is
> theoretical.
>
> > 2) Security. The default set-up on most wireless access points
> / routers is
> > designed to allow easy set-up. The device literally broadcasts all the
> > information needed to connect to it, and the default passwords
> are commonly
> > known. There are about half a dozen settings you will want to
> change in a
> > wireless router so that someone (anyone) else isn't piggybacking on your
> > service and/or using your wireless connection to steal
> information from/about
> > you. (If you think it doesn't happen, google "warchalking",
> "warwalking"
> > and/or "wardriving".) At the very least, use a wireless router
> that requires
> > a wired connection to configure it.
>
> My WAP has a range in the low hundreds of feet. At any given time,
> there are maybe a dozen people within that, who could be hacking into my
> network. And I know them all, except for that shady-looking guy parked in
> front of my house, personally. Even without any passwords ( not that I
> run it that way ) that'd be safer than the billion people attached to the
> other end, some thousands of whom are known to be malicious hackers.
>
> Most people on this list seem to have enough property that someone
> would have to be trespassing in their front yard before they even picked
> up a signal, anyway.
>
> > 3) Spotty connection. This is really a function of the
> interference problem,
> > but you can have a situation where you can connect from your
> back yard, but
> > not from the next room. Or you can only connect from certain
> rooms when the
> > refrigerator or A/C isn't running.
>
> This is probably the only reason to run wires now, unless you do need
> large bandwidth between your local machines. Obviously, YMMV.
>
> --
> David Hillman
> #28/29 B Stock
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