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1. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:59:37 -0400
MAC filtering is one of the biggest jokes in wireless security. Along with don't broadcast the SSID, use WEP, keep the WAP in the center of the house, disable DHCP, etc.... If you want to use wirele
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00019.html (8,225 bytes)

2. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:29:36 -0700
its off-subject but can I ask why is MAC filtering a joke ? I realize it is extremely easy to spoof a MAC address but the guy in the street parking his car and trying to use my wi-fi connection will
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00027.html (8,836 bytes)

3. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Pat Horne <pjhorne@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:11:01 -0500
If you take this off list please include me, I also would like to know, Peace, Pat
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00028.html (8,746 bytes)

4. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:25:32 -0400
Your MAC is broadcast in every packet you send. If someone is in the neighbourhood and either laptop is on, usable MAC addresses will appear instantly on scanner software. It's more like a license pl
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00029.html (8,210 bytes)

5. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:24:15 -0400
Trevor answered it but for those who can't read betweeen the lines..... As soon as the guy in the street sees your MAC fly across in his sniffer - and he will be using a sniffer - he has the key to t
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00049.html (9,251 bytes)

6. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:08:53 +0000
I am beyond happy to have someone else say that. I must have heard a thousand times - even from our isc guy, "get a wireless router". true, you'd either have to be treking through the woods or in my
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00052.html (8,900 bytes)

7. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:25:00 -0400
To turn this around though, anything going to your office in cleartext will go through a dozen other machines where people can view your packets. Basically, you should use encrypted sessions for ANYT
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00056.html (9,616 bytes)

8. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: "Peter J. Thomas" <pjthomas@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:14:15 -0400
The distance of a wireless can be dramatically be increased with a directional antenna. A tech site (Sorry, don't know which one) made a directional wireless gun and was picking off routers left and
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00061.html (7,764 bytes)

9. RE: home networking (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:46:34 -0700
There was an interesting article in one of the mags a few years back, where this fellow lived up a mountain with no broadband access. He built an unpowered repeater, and tapped into a Starbucks hots
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00062.html (7,699 bytes)

10. RE: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:16:28 -0700 (PDT)
Probably the most widely seen article of this sort, using a pringles-can antenna, was one of Robert Cringely's articles. You can probably find it at http://www.pbs.org/cringely/ Antennas make a huge
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00063.html (7,737 bytes)

11. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:05:30 -0400
http://www.google.com/search?q=pringles%20wireless Cheers!
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00066.html (8,032 bytes)

12. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:04:52 -0400
Glad to help. :-) Make it a second router and just unplug it when you're not using it. Some people put the access point on an old-fashioned outlet timer. Doesn't solve any other problems but adds a
/html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00067.html (7,759 bytes)

13. home networking (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:58:59 +0000
have just finished googling enough to know I don't know what I'm doing... next project is to wire the house for new computer. that plus old computer == two total. internet is via comcast cable. would
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00073.html (7,966 bytes)

14. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:28:19 -0400 (EDT)
Don't even bother. If you don't already, you will soon have a laptop or other portable device. For that reason, plus it's a lot easier, go wireless. Buy a wireless access point for $75 at MicroCenter
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00074.html (8,030 bytes)

15. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:38:32 -0700
If you're goin to do it right, then... http://www.tselectronic.com/belden/7913s.html These guys were the cheapest in town for this stuff, even after shipping, at least as of a year ago, I'm not sure
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00075.html (8,514 bytes)

16. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Patton Dickson <57healey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:37:28 -0500
That worked fine here, I finally went wireless when we added the 3rd computer. -- Patton Dickson - '57 A-H 100-Six Homepage - http://Austin-Healeys.com/
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00076.html (7,713 bytes)

17. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:42:25 -0700
Oh, and forgot to mention: for terminating coax, don't even *think* about trying to do it with the junk-grade home stuff, spend the money and get TnB Snap-n-Seal F-connectors and the appropriate too
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00077.html (7,683 bytes)

18. Re: home networking (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:37:30 -0400 (EDT)
There are some downsides to wireless... 1) Less secure, particularly for the novice user who doesn't know which settings to tweak to make things more secure. You may think this doesn't matter, and i
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00078.html (10,646 bytes)

19. RE: home networking (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:58:05 -0700
rEDC=196823&RecoType=upsell I'll agree with everything Mark said, except that I've grown to dislike LinkSys after buying a whole bunch of their equipment at my previous job as head of IT. We wound u
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00079.html (8,505 bytes)

20. RE: home networking (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:32:31 -0700
Almost any place that carries computer stuff should have it. Around here, that's Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, etc. That's right, except there will also be Cat 5 between the cable modem and router.
/html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00080.html (8,432 bytes)

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