Re: Wireless router recommendation

"The Real Doctor" <ian.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 13 May, 09:08, "jasee" <ja...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"The Real Doctor" <ian.gro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On 12 May, 16:51, Ian <ian.gro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Incidentally, I found the problem by booting OS/2 for the first time
in ages to see if the problem would occur in that. It comes with a
very seful DHCP monitor which shows which server the address came
from ... oo-er, I thought, that's not my router.

What puzzles me now, though, is why one laptop /always/ picked up its
settings from the rogue server, whether running Ubuntu, XP or OS/2 and
with internal and external wireless adaptors, while others /always/
picked up their settings from the right server.

I'm suprised that anyone uses DHCP (though most people seeme to) on a
wireless network, especially nowadays, it's a little more difficult to
set
up manually but at least you're not giving everyone who passes by your
settings on a plate!

Obviously you can find details of a network by sniffing, but why make it
so
easy?

"Easy" in my case means "sitting in the front garden of an isolated
country cottage". OK, so technically it's "easy", but it's also
"pretty damn obvious". That's why I don't bother with encryption
either.

In towns I imagine the merit of easiness is plausible deniability ...


When I first set up my wireless network I had a go at breaking the WEP
encryption, this was some time ago but I think I used airsnort. I had a PC
running all day and all night and it had still got nowhere near to obtaining
the key. As I live up a dank and cold Lancashire hill I decided that it was
probably "good enough", sure the neighbours could have a go without me
noticing but it's a small neighbourhood and regular key changes would
probably do the job.

On top of that my ISP supplies me with usage charts so it's easy to see if
someone is stealing my bandwidth.

--
Geoff


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