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How to secure...

TerrorFirmer · 2006-05-30 19:12:03

I am wondering how one goes about securing your local network against people in say the house next door, or god forbid my sister using my net to download files without permission? :D Looked it up, but can't find any simplified answers, thought you guys could help... One more question - is the range on usb wireless dongles…

30-05-2006 7:12pm

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TerrorFirmer

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I am wondering how one goes about securing your local network against people in say the house next door, or god forbid my sister using my net to download files without permission?

Looked it up, but can't find any simplified answers, thought you guys could help...

One more question - is the range on usb wireless dongles the same as a pcmcia card, and do they install the same, i.e no issues? I was going to get a pcmcia card for my laptop, but seeings as its a temporary measure (the laptop), and I will be getting a new one with built in wifi soon, I was then thinking a dongle might be better as I could use it in another pc...

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#2 30-05-2006 7:38pm

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Here ya go bud.

Imo, not much difference performance wise between usb and Pccard in the context of a home network. I'd go usb as well.

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#3 30-05-2006 7:45pm

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A front-garden crucifiction goes a long way to preventing this sort of shenanigans

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#4 30-05-2006 7:48pm

TerrorFirmer

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thanks, appreciated

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#5 31-05-2006 3:50pm

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irlrobins wrote:

Here ya go bud.

Imo, not much difference performance wise between usb and Pccard in the context of a home network. I'd go usb as well.

One minor advantage of a USB device is that you can stick it on a 3 foot long cable, and will sometimes be able to position the actual device high or low or out the window to get a sligtly better signal if you're in a house that has "dead spots".

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