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

[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.

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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.