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Gnome, my last telecom job, the techs assured me when you use encryption on a wireless connection you slow down the data a little bit. What's a little bit, I don't know. This was over 2 years ago. That enough tells me not to day trade on wireless, no thanks no how. [/QUOTE
I doubt that I'd notice... I trade on dialup now.
That's right, too funny, I forgot you told me that. Cmon man, Qwest will give dsl for 24 bucks, come in to the new milleninum!
Wireless Networks... How Big a Security Risk?
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Quote from dandxg:
That's right, too funny, I forgot you told me that. Cmon man, Qwest will give dsl for 24 bucks, come in to the new milleninum!
Can't get DSL where I live. Phone lines are too old. Comcast cable is my only choice (wife says she NEEDS broadband... for downloading copious emails from her mother, you know.)
Slightly off-topic, but still within wireless realm...
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XP is by default configured wrongly:
From www.grc.com on wireless network security: travellers on planes getting infected because they turn their laptop on and do not have the wireless network properly configured.
Go to "connect to" on start menu, select "wireless network connection", then "change advanced settings" => "wireless networks" tab => "advanced" and change the default "Any Available network (access point preferred)" to "Access point (infrastructure) networks only". Then afterwards for each of your network you have to obtain radio silence by going back to the "wireless networks" tab, selecting the network, then "properties" and unchecking the "Connect even if this network is not broadcasting" option.
Make sure you have installed last year October's XP update for wireless networks too! (M$N kept pretty silent on that one). (KB893357 & KB917021)
Maria
From www.grc.com on wireless network security: travellers on planes getting infected because they turn their laptop on and do not have the wireless network properly configured.
Go to "connect to" on start menu, select "wireless network connection", then "change advanced settings" => "wireless networks" tab => "advanced" and change the default "Any Available network (access point preferred)" to "Access point (infrastructure) networks only". Then afterwards for each of your network you have to obtain radio silence by going back to the "wireless networks" tab, selecting the network, then "properties" and unchecking the "Connect even if this network is not broadcasting" option.
Make sure you have installed last year October's XP update for wireless networks too! (M$N kept pretty silent on that one). (KB893357 & KB917021)
Maria