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On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 16:23 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, John wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 00:01 +0100, Jaan Janesmae wrote: > >> Hey, > >> > >> anyone still up for leaving their wifi open? > >> > >> http://darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227900742 > > > > Sure, but I have an advantage in being in the middle of nowhere with > > very little chance of my Wifi being picked up off our property. If > > someone wants to stand on our land to nick wifi; then they have two > > things, big brass balls and an impending meeting with some Eley No. > > 5's ;) > > The furthest I've personally established a Wi-Fi connection to a standard > consumer access point (admittedly placed outside) was 6 miles away with an > 18db grid antennae. I'm sure at 1 or 2 miles I'll still be invisible to > you with better coverage... > A fair point, were the antennas need at both ends or was the purely the listening end; if just listening then I am certainly reconsidering things. -- John 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/listfaq