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On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 13:29 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > On 28/05/2010 13:06, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > If it saves just one child brigade... > > > > And if someone does use your Wi-Fi access point to download something > > dodgy and it's traced back to your IP address/home, etc. then how are > > you going to be able to prove innocence? Even when you are, how much > > inconvenience is it going to cause? You'll have all your computers > > confiscated, you'll be taken away, jailed, then even when you're > > proven innocent, the neighbours will start to talk, rumours will > > spread and so on. > Yep, pretty much what I said. At least if the wireless is locked down > *somehow* if there are others open the secured one will be left alone. > > Julian Completely agree with both, but when the hardware isn't playing ball with the most secure methods and you have already spent a few hours fighting it, at some point you have to fall back to "good enough". WEP with MAC filtering on the router should be "good enough", I am not a hacker or network specialist though. Someone determined is going to get in regardless of what you do. Neil, anytime you would like a hand with a computer or something I can pop around on occasion as I'm just a couple miles away and often bored, my hourly rate is a cup of tea. :] -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html