on 19/11/02 4:19 am, Russell Chapman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > >> >> Does that really happen in Australia? I had my wireless going for a >> couple years without WEP and I never had a problem. I recently turned it >> on, but more for the novelty of trying it out than anything else. >> > I don't know of any drive-by stuff personally - I've heard stories but > who knows how valid they are... > The common issue here is tenants in neighbouring buildings/floors. My > brother had someone in his apartment block use up his monthly allocation > of bandwidth (3Gb) in about 24 hours. A consulting office in a high-rise > who pays for their internet at 12c/Mb had their bill go through the roof > until they put in WEP, so someone in a neighbouring building was getting > a free ride.
Those were the kind of issues that bothered me. > > The restricted MAC address option of William's would be a better option > - he has few enough computers to make it viable and it doesn't have the > performance downside of WEP. That's what I thought, but I'm not sure I know enough about it. -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
