My wireless is at least moderately protected-- it has a password, but pretty low level encryption. I know there are other people in my building with protected wireless.
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Lee - Sep 18, 2005 8:03:07 am PDT #8568 of 10002
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Steph L. - Sep 18, 2005 8:04:42 am PDT #8569 of 10002
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Of the 4 wireless networks (including mine) that my computer is acknowledging right now, only mine is secured. There are a couple of others that I can't see right now, and they're usuall secured. (One of which is named "pimpsdomain," which I love and wish weren't secured, just so I could access it once, to say "Yeah, I've been in the pimp's domain.")
tommyrot - Sep 18, 2005 8:39:10 am PDT #8570 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Most all the WiFi networks I run into these days are secured. I have mine secured, with encryption and tied to my iBook's MAC address (unique address associated with a WiFi or network card) so no other computer can use it.
Of course, I've lost the router's password, so I can't change the setup to allow other WiFi computers even if I wanted to.
Sean K - Sep 18, 2005 8:41:47 am PDT #8571 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You could just do a hard reset on the router and make a new password during network setup.
tommyrot - Sep 18, 2005 8:46:08 am PDT #8572 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You could just do a hard reset on the router and make a new password during network setup.
Yeah, I've been meaning to do that. Maybe I'll buy a WiFi USB thingie for my TiVo, which will prompt me to reset the router. Then I can give it some clever name, like "frak_off" or "cylons_only" or something, instead of the default name.
Sean K - Sep 18, 2005 8:49:17 am PDT #8573 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I don't think I'd still be able to use an electronic or computer device in my house if it weren't for hard reset buttons. I've hard reset the DSL model and router in this house so many times, it's not even funny.
tommyrot - Sep 18, 2005 8:53:24 am PDT #8574 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I need a hard reset button for my brain. Of course, I'd have to be sure to leave myself instructions on what to do after....
Volans - Sep 18, 2005 8:54:21 am PDT #8575 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Two of the guys in our gaming/paintball/LAN party group back in the States did computer forensics and remote wireless network hacking for a living. They made sure ours was secure. They would, however, occasionally use our neighbor's, even when they could use ours, just because they could.
Volans - Sep 18, 2005 8:55:55 am PDT #8576 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Of course, I'd have to be sure to leave myself instructions on what to do after....
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Laura - Sep 18, 2005 8:58:59 am PDT #8577 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Of course, I've lost the router's password, so I can't change the setup to allow other WiFi computers even if I wanted to.
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