Any comments on this from the professionals?
Excerpt:
"The FCC agreed to open up a large band of now unused TV spectrum for digital data communications for Super WiFi. It?s called White Space TV BAND spectrum. It?s free and mostly unregulated."
Yes, unregulated, unpoliced and, judging from recent research, possibly unsafe.
Stan Harper
Yes, true for existing WiFi and cell phone devices as well. All our cell phones are off by default, except when going on the road. Our WiFi router is only on when my wife is using her laptop. "Honey, can you turn on the router?". I am amazed to see our neighbours with WiFi on 24/7. With super WiFi coming, we might need to install thick lead walls.
I'm always puzzled by all the wireless shit... who needs it?
Cable comes into our house into modem into (Barricade) router into CAT-5 to my office and the wife's and the grandkids' playroom (restricted access).
I see no need in the kitchen, in the bedroom or the great room when I'm watching TV.
I did configure my laptop for when I travel, and was appalled at all the unsecured networks running in my neighborhood :-( ...Jim Thompson
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I don't, but she does. She won't allow wires around the house either.
She uses the laptop, while the kid is watching/playing TV/game. She can tap into the neighbour's WiFi in the great (family) room.
The other neighbour's secured WiFi is actually stronger in the kitchen/ living room, but we don't want to ask for their SSID. So, we are bombarded by WiFi from both sides, even when our own is off. But at least they are weaker.
We have the wireless router on top of the book cases in the great room; quite central. I generally use the computer in an upstairs bedroom and my wife in the great room. I also have a netbook I wander around with, once in a while (screen is too small).
My wife cooks with her laptop sitting on the counter. She'll often find a recipe on the Internet. I set up a 22" monitor on the counter so she can read it easily.
No unsecured ones here (I tried when ours was down). When we lived in an apartment for the year in Ohio there were at least a dozen unsecured ones available for the choosing. College kids.
As soon as everyone has a Tablet WiFi will be mandatory
-- Dirk http://www.neopax.com/technomage/ - My new book - Magick and Technology
Oh, yeah, I forgot. She also has a B&N Nook (ebook reader). ...actually two.
I notice there are far fewer around than a few years ago (sitting in a coffee shop opposite a tall apartment or office building you can see _lots_ of routers). Since people in general don't seem to be getting any smarter or all that much more technically savvy, I suspect the router mfrs have been altering the setup defaults to force some kind of minimal security as the easiest way to do a setup.
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
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It would be nice if 3G was affordable enough to make that untrue, but..
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
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Probably. Laptop manufacturers have been busy making setup a lot easier, too. Still gotta swap keys, though.
Nah, that's not necessary. One layer of copper mash should do the trick.
Cheers! Rich
Watch out for stores that give customers free access, but with a public IP assigned to your laptop. Your software firewall better be good and the system better be fully patched in that case.
I tried a row of stores and restaurants and they all gave out public IPs except Starbuck's. Only they had a private subnet. It's possible the others had a clever firewall setup that made it secure, but probably not.
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Don't forget copper gaskets on your doors and windows.
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We have cable into the house, but use subnetting to separate the domestic from the lab traffic. Have a two layer hardware firewall, running on old compact pc's, bsd pfsense for the outer layer, then ipcop for the inner layer. Subnet split is done at the ipcop layer, which has
3 interfaces, one to pfsense outer firewall, then one internal to the lab network and the second internal to domestic, which has a wireless router for kids Ipod, ps3 and the house laptop, as well as hardwired to two pc's.I find networking and firewall stuff interesting and experiment with the config probably once or twice a year. It's surprising jt how much trash there is out there probing systems for open ports and trying to install spyware etc. Threats from wireless are much less serious, at least around here where I can see nearly a dozen local wireless networks, all encrypted, after a 5 minute scan with Network Stumbler...
Regards,
Chris
Copper "mash"? Is that like Jack Daniel's ?:-) ...Jim Thompson
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
There are these cool things called "laptop computers" that let you wander around the house for many hours at a time and do work or be entertained or whatever else you might use a computer for. WiFi gets you your Internet fix as well in such scenarios... :-)
Seriously, many people spend a lot of time with laptops, tablets, etc. just plopped down on a couch or in bed or other positions where, while stringing other an Ethernet cable is entirely viable, it's certainly not as preferable.
And of course think of all the hotels and Starbucks out there!
---Joel
I have a nice /den/office at home.
When I plop down in bed I have other entertainment ;-)
On the couch I watch movies.
Hotels, I can see, though I'm not much for balancing a laptop on my knees. And every hotel I'm in has a jack. I guess I like sitting at a desk :-) ...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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Remember: Once you go over the hill, you pick up speed
I was amazed to find that our Linux box at home was getting hundreds of attempts to get into its SSH port every day. :-( -- It's on a very short leash now, banning any incoming IP after something like 3 incorrect login attempts. (Plus a lot of attempts try "root", which is completely locked out.)
I should probably move SSH to a non-standard port, but then I worry the firewalls at places I'm connected *from* might block it...
WiFi hotspots seem to be spreading fast. At some point they must have an impact on the economics of 3G (4G)
-- Dirk http://www.neopax.com/technomage/ - My new book - Magick and Technology
I always 100% pass...
"Your system has achieved a perfect "TruStealth" rating. Not a single packet ? solicited or otherwise ? was received from your system as a result of our security probing tests. Your system ignored and refused to reply to repeated Pings (ICMP Echo Requests). From the standpoint of the passing probes of any hacker, this machine does not exist on the Internet. Some questionable personal security systems expose their users by attempting to "counter-probe the prober", thus revealing themselves. But your system wisely remained silent in every way. Very nice." ...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
Remember: Once you go over the hill, you pick up speed
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