-=> JIM HOLSONBACK wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> My landlady offered to allow me to setup those Pringles
 WC> kludge yagi's at either end to her wideband access through
 WC> LinkSys but it's a bit too much of a project for me just now.

 JH> Wireless networking seems to be the rage right now -  most of the
 JH> usual mass-marketing places have all the gear available, and at
 JH> fairly low prices.

 JH> I don't think I'd be very comfortable with a wireless network for here
 JH> - - there was a special investigative report here on local TV a couple
 JH> months back.  They sent out like 3 teams of security expert
"hackers"
 JH> thru various neighborhoods and near small businesses - - it was amazing
 JH> the number of networks they could hack into,  while sitting in a
 JH> vehicle out on the street in front of the places.

Saw some bragging on that when I slipped "pringles" and "antenna"
into google.
My landladie's LinkSys was initially installed by
a friend in an unsecure manner which is not a trivial
matter when one does online banking.
It's secured now.
 
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