MY FIRST WIRELES CONNECTIN: LIFE IS GOOD !!!!!!

[Bretsky]

Tonight my wife suggested we go to Best Buy and purchase a wireless router so we are able to log into the Internet with a laptop away from the PC

Mad and Partial would be proud; I set up the d@m thing myself even though I'm a tech Idiot.

Within about an hour I had the wireless connection set up and figured out how to make the Internet connection work from the laptop using an encription key that is about 25 characters. I struggled a bit to get the laptop logging into the wireless network but finally did.

And on a sidenote, forum discussion in here is where I remembered that the Linksyss brand was a very cost effective option. The whole solution cost about $75.

As a celebration of my first wireless experience, I'm watching "Cathouse" on HBO while being logged into Packerrats on the 17" Laptop Screen. "Passion Cove is on after.

Life is good. Thanks to all in PR for the advice I remembered from time back.

My wife's idea tonight may have created a monster.

Cheers,

B

:bow: :thank: :jig: :glug:

[MadtownPacker]

Damn, she may have just set a divorce in motion!
:mrgreen:

[ImMrPete]

Good job!

Next step, building your own pc.






just a side note, why watch passion cove when you have the ability to look at as much porn as you can possibly take on your pc?

[Bretsky]

Good job!

Next step, building your own pc.


That's a scary thought, and one PC that would never see power

[billy_oliver880]

Hey B just make sure to password protect that. I could walk around any neighborhood and get on an open connection. You don't want someone to get on your connection.

[MJZiggy]

Congrats, B!! Nice work, but do you wonder if she might have an ulterior motive?

[chewy-bacca]

Good job!

Next step, building your own pc.


That's a scary thought, and one PC that would never see power

:lol:

Linksys is a good choice. We just got a new one too!

Building a PC is not that hard, you can do it! :smile:

[Bretsky]

Hey B just make sure to password protect that. I could walk around any neighborhood and get on an open connection. You don't want someone to get on your connection.

I wasn't going to password protect it Billy because I had no idea how to set up the laptop to log in, but I accidentally did. That's what took a while; the code I had to add to the laptop was about 25 characters.

Now the laptop works.

It was kind of funny; at Best Buy the sales guy really tried giving me a hard sell on how important it is to PW protect it and have their guy come out to set it up correctly. I was open to that. He said the process could take up to two hours to do it and made it seem incredibly hard

But I paid about $72 for the whole setup. So what did the want to set it up ? $160.

Not going to happen; I know plenty of people who would pop over for a $20 and pizza if I couldn't do it.

Works like a charm though; now I can be watching the games/Skinemax on the 55" er while in Packerrats and other misc sites.

Life if good

B

[Bretsky]

Congrats, B!! Nice work, but do you wonder if she might have an ulterior motive?

Hmmmmmmmm

A. She wants to free up a PC for her more
B. She wants to get rid of me more
C. She wants me watching the chick flicks for another ulterior motive. haha


Too many possible motives for me to choose from :wink:


Cheers,
B

[chewy-bacca]

I know plenty of people who would pop over for a $20 and pizza if I couldn't do it.

went and did this on Thurs. for a buddy minus the $20 though........ pizza and some smoke. :whist:

[GBRulz]

B, you did everything right.....except buy something from Best Buy :twisted:

Billy, it amazes me how many people have unsecured networks. At my house if you do a search for available wireless networks, there is one named "joe" and anyone can log on to it. I wish I knew which neighbor it was and i'd tell them about it, but the two people who live on either side of me aren't named Joe. About how far can a wireless signal transmit?

[billy_oliver880]

B, you did everything right.....except buy something from Best Buy :twisted:

Billy, it amazes me how many people have unsecured networks. At my house if you do a search for available wireless networks, there is one named "joe" and anyone can log on to it. I wish I knew which neighbor it was and i'd tell them about it, but the two people who live on either side of me aren't named Joe. About how far can a wireless signal transmit?

Its just the fact that they can hack you easily and use your internet. Don't want someone to use your internet without your consent.

[Fosco33]

While an encription key is good, I'd still use another security on top of that.

I sat next to a top hacker for Dell - he was coming back from a secret hacker convention the week after the 'black bag' published convention in Vegas. It took him 6 years of networking to be allowed into this group.

He learned how to break into anyone's laptop - regardless of protection (direct connect).

We were on a plane and saw a guy in first class. This dude said, "watch this." He used XP to find the connection (the guy hadn't disable wireless) - and typed a popup msg, "This is the pilot. Wireless connections are prohibited on aircraft. Please disable the device." The guy in first class immediately shut down his PC and put it away. I was shocked.

[Guiness]

Breaking news: I got a picture of Bretsky using his new wireless connection

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/corbis/DGT086/42-16857492.jpg

:D :D :D

[Bretsky]

Breaking news: I got a picture of Bretsky using his new wireless connection

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/corbis/DGT086/42-16857492.jpg

:D :D :D


Classic; now what you don't see in the pic is the TV in the background; we have five TV's in the house and it's almost mandatory to have a TV with the laptop now

Cheers,
B

[CaptainKickass]

Just make sure that you have the latest firmware for the Linksys router. It will interfere with "some" (ok a bunch) software. The DL is free at www.linksys.com.

[Partial]

Just make sure that you have the latest firmware for the Linksys router. It will interfere with "some" (ok a bunch) software. The DL is free at www.linksys.com.

BRETSKY MAKE SURE YOU ARE HARD-WIRED INTO THE ROUTER BEFORE DOING THIS.

[Bretsky]

Just make sure that you have the latest firmware for the Linksys router. It will interfere with "some" (ok a bunch) software. The DL is free at www.linksys.com.

BRETSKY MAKE SURE YOU ARE HARD-WIRED INTO THE ROUTER BEFORE DOING THIS.

You guys are talkins Spanish to me; Hard Wired ?

What the heck does that mean ?

[Zool]

Just make sure that you have the latest firmware for the Linksys router. It will interfere with "some" (ok a bunch) software. The DL is free at www.linksys.com.

BRETSKY MAKE SURE YOU ARE HARD-WIRED INTO THE ROUTER BEFORE DOING THIS.

You guys are talkins Spanish to me; Hard Wired ?

What the heck does that mean ?If you decide to update your firmware on the router, make sure you have a cable between your computer and the router. NEVER EVER EVER try to update firmware when connected wi/fi to a router.

[swede]

My daughter bought a laptop and fired it up in our house and BINGO she had an instant hi-speed wireless connection from someone in the neighborhood. The name doesn't ring a bell so it must be two or three houses in any direction.

She is away at school but whenever she pops in for a visit the connection always seems to be up, open, and functioning.

Please advise as to the ethical, technical, and practical implications of this situation.

Do they know she has logged on through their connection? If they do, it is strange that they never seem to password protect it.

Can she do any damage to their computer or vice-versa?

I'll tell you this, one of these days I got to get me one of those hi-speed wireless connections because it works really, really nice. I'll just have to figure out how to password protect mine so the damn neighbors don't pirate my signal. I'll bet they would, too. The bastards.

[Zool]

Do they know she has logged on through their connection? If they do, it is strange that they never seem to password protect it.

All they would have to do is check the log on the router to see that another IP has been assigned. Being that they haven't setup any encryption would lead me to believe they don't know how to do this.

Can she do any damage to their computer or vice-versa?

Unless they or your daughter are ambitious enough to try and figure out the administrator password for each computer, it should be fine.