I lost the beginning of this thread, but Fred Langa has a lot of good
information on wireless security and pointers to more information and what
you can do to make wireless more secure.
Here's one good general article:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021031S0004
An alternative to wireless is "powerline" networking. Fred Langa has an
article on "powerline" networking at:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-01-16.htm
Christopher
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Keith,
Depending on how worried you want to be about others having
access to your internet account, you would probably want to be
sure that you:
1. have a firewall program installed on the network;
2. look into having the wireless network encripted.
Otherwise it can be possible for casual passers by with wireless
networks on their handhelds etc. to have at your account, and
possibly even your computers.
Sorry I don't know details about these kinds of settups, and
maybe you're in an area where such urban chaos isn't a big issue.
luck
tom Fowle
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