A wireless fool...

[doodude]

Im going wireless ( its about freaking time!!! )
Does/can anyone put me wise to anything I might need to know?
Im using a Linksys W-G Broadband-Router. Just the old W-G. No speedbooster as I dont have a need for anything but some surfin' on my laptop while Im tanning my pasty self in the back yard & linking up my PC & Mac with hardwire in the back office.
Any advice would be appreciated...

[Mini Dickman]

It's insecure.

[doodude]

It's insecure.

That will make two of us!

[TobyBeau]

linking up my PC & Mac...

you masochist.

[Mini Dickman]

It's nowhere near as bad as it used to be. OS X Makes it much smoother.

[TobyBeau]

OS X with intel inside? *snicker*

[Mini Dickman]

No. The newest version makes it better.

Apple's new intel machines don't interest me yet. The laptop's nice, but I want to see the Power Mac.

[doodude]

After further research & some thankin', Ive decided wireless just isnt what I really need right now.
Im just going to get a router/hub to hardwire connect my pc & mac together & since I have a GSM wireless card already
for my laptop I can use it for sitting by the pool. Its not as fast as a broadband router would be but it will suffice.
Thanks for the words of wisdom just the same...

[clvmike19]

We have wireless in our house...works pretty damn fine for two laptops, and the PC....never a problem yet. Just do all the security jazz...

[doodude]

We have wireless in our house...works pretty damn fine for two laptops, and the PC....never a problem yet. Just do all the security jazz...

Yeah, its all the security jazz that bothers me. Im away from home 5-6 days a week & when the wife gets on the PC or Mac she wouldnt know an security attack from a ham sandwich.
Even tho' all my financial/banking/investments information is central to just one of my laptops & that one laptop is always with me, Im probably better off with as few points of entry as possible.
I dont know what the time line is, probably a few years anyway, but one day they plan to have DSL over all electrical lines & available from every electrical plug in the house. I suppose wireless will take a big hit after that!?

[TedBellLover]

It's insecure, too slow and costs too damn much. Gigabit all the way. Actually, I've never used it! But that's what they tell me about wireless.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Well maybe I'm not getting theentire scope of this discussion, but I have a wireless modem via cable internet and mine is lightning fast. As far as security, get a good firewall, not the windows XP bs either. and get some McAfee internet protection. I go over to my neighbors and get on-line with thier wireless modem, then I look to see if my modem is accessible from thier computer, and it never is. I on the other hand can "piggy-back" off of my neighbors modem from my computer anytime I want, because all they use is the windows firewall, which sucks. Anyway, I'm sure my system isn't perfect but I've been using my router and wireless modem for 2 years and my internet protection software has not once detected any unauthorized access or "piggy-backing" onto my comp or modem.

BTW, If you do go wireless and you own a laptop... go to a nearby Starbucks coffee, pull into the parking lot and try to get on the net. Rumor has it that they all have wireless connections, and they can be "piggy-backed" to get internet access. The one near where I live is not secured and I frequently get onto the internet through their modem, just for laughs. Obviously I'm not smart enough or evil enough to do any harm, it's just fun to hit their network connection to surf the web.

[The Dude]

Well maybe I'm not getting theentire scope of this discussion, but I have a wireless modem via cable internet and mine is lightning fast. As far as security, get a good firewall, not the windows XP bs either. and get some McAfee internet protection. I go over to my neighbors and get on-line with thier wireless modem, then I look to see if my modem is accessible from thier computer, and it never is. I on the other hand can "piggy-back" off of my neighbors modem from my computer anytime I want, because all they use is the windows firewall, which sucks. Anyway, I'm sure my system isn't perfect but I've been using my router and wireless modem for 2 years and my internet protection software has not once detected any unauthorized access or "piggy-backing" onto my comp or modem.

BTW, If you do go wireless and you own a laptop... go to a nearby Starbucks coffee, pull into the parking lot and try to get on the net. Rumor has it that they all have wireless connections, and they can be "piggy-backed" to get internet access. The one near where I live is not secured and I frequently get onto the internet through their modem, just for laughs. Obviously I'm not smart enough or evil enough to do any harm, it's just fun to hit their network connection to surf the web.

All of the Starbuck's I've been to have T-Mobile HotSpots which require you to have a T-Mobile account to sign in. Are you saying that yours are just open networks?

[Mr. Irrelevant]

All of the Starbuck's I've been to have T-Mobile HotSpots which require you to have a T-Mobile account to sign in. Are you saying that yours are just open networks?

YES!!! I think. I find their network connection opened on my comuter, and I click on it and surf the web. Others I've known have tried it too. There are certian times when we don't get access but none of us have ever encountered a usercode w/ password from T-mobile...yet.

[Shoot Out A Log]

Wireless works just fine. All you have to do is make sure your router doesn't have too many walls between it and the receiving computer.

As for security, WPA encryption is perfectly sufficient for the regular user...unless you're doing secret work for the CIA...

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Wireless works just fine. All you have to do is make sure your router doesn't have too many walls between it and the receiving computer.

As for security, WPA encryption is perfectly sufficient for the regular user...unless you're doing secret work for the CIA...

tru dat

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