Virus Guy  wrote in
news:m2ustl$nfh$1@speranza.aioe.org: 

> Wolf K wrote:
>  
>> > Can the neighbor intercept the stuff I'm sending/viewing?
>> > And could he hack into my PC?
>> > How easy would it be for a non-hacker?
>> 
>> If the neighbour has the skills, yes. But even if you had your
>> own wi-fi router, hacking into it is possible.
> 
> Far less likely to "hack" into wifi connection (ie - sniff the
> data on a wireless connection) vs, say, running something
> wireshark to capture your data-in-transit on the same wired LAN
> that the wifi router is connected to.

You're confused. Have you actually tried using wireshark on a LAN? 
The only way you can 'spy' on other computers on the LAN's traffic is 
if their using a hub. If they're tied into a switch, you don't have 
access to see the other comms. You'll only see what's coming/going 
from the machine your running wireshark on.

Wifi is far less secure than a wired link; unless as I said above, 
the wired link is a hub.
 
> Can the landlord place this wifi router in a secure location
> (locked cabinet or closet) that the other tenant DOESN'T have
> access to (even if the locked cabinet or closet is in the other
> tenant's appartment)? 

Does the landlord even have the legal right to rent/resell the 
internet connection?
 
> It sounds like the landlord is paying for internet access for two
> (or more) appartments by having a single account and sharing it
> between tenants.

Sounds like that here too...
 



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