Home network security was Re: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders

[Mark Taintor]

A year os so ago, I installed a wireless router in my own home. I don't 
recall doing anything to secure it. Is there a way to tell if I am 
secure? What about my home computer which is a G4/533/no Airport, but 
it is plugged into the back of the wireless router? Is that an open 
book to the outside world? What can I do to keep my own data secure?
Thanks,
Mark

On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at 07:35  PM, W Lane wrote:

>
> On 07-Jan-17, at 5:48 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
>
>>>
>>>> Any recommendations?
>>>
>>> Someone needs to get online 'inhouse'
>>
>> And the neighbor needs to secure his bandwidth.  Now you have the 
>> leverage to encourage the boy to set his thinking straight.  You 
>> might also explain that some folks consider borrowing bandwidth from 
>> the neighbor the same as stealing.  One analogy, a neighbor could 
>> borrow or siphon gasoline in small quantities.  The victim does not 
>> notice that his mileage goes down.
>
>
> The other consideration is that (at least here in Calgary) there's a 
> growing trend by the criminal element > set up a wireless network, 
> don't secure it, let the victims think that 'ha ha, you fool! Didn't 
> secure your network! I'll just 'borrow' off of it. Then they discover 
> that the 'fool' has in fact been watching and recording everything 
> that goes through his network, email, passwords, credit card numbers, 
> the usual unimportant stuff.  You can imagine where this ends up.
>
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Mark Taintor
Chanhassen, MN USA