Re: Wireless BT Broadband
- From: "Martin²" <never@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:07:26 +0100
Stephen:
>Can anyone use my wireless router to connect to what they want without
>me knowing about it or can it only connect to BT Broadband?
Anyone in range can connect wirelessly to your router and use your broadband
connection for potentially nefarious purposes. Unless you know what to look
for you won't know about it.
You should therefore specify that only your wireless adapters can connect to
your router, that means you need to enter the unique MAC numbers of your
adapters in to the router setup pages (you need to read the manual, I am not
familiar with BT's kit).
Anyone within range can 'listen' to your wireless traffic. They could obtain
some personal information etc. IF they try long and hard enough. Any traffic
with secure websites is encrypted,
so your credit card numbers and banking details / passwords are secure
enough.
However you can encrypt ALL your wireless traffic using WEP, or more secure
WPA on newer routers. Again you need to read your manual.
Regards,
Martin
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