ah, glad to hear that about the metering; it would definitely be an issue for me if I was there.
It's true that you could say that the network was interfering with yours, and this would keep you from coming across as some sort of technological social worker, which, around here anyway, would be guaranteed to put people's backs up. Do you know who the people are? Dana On 4/22/05, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Dana, there is the poaching thing but the other issue here is that I > know of at least one PC on one of the networks that is WIDE OPEN and seeing > as all three networks are on 192.168.1.x ranges they are effectively all > exposing themselves to unwarranted risks of cross-infection etc... Imagine > if one of those routers dies, the owner may not notice as they will > automatically connect to one of the other wireless networks in the area with > full Internet access etc.. In fact they may not be connecting to their own > network at any given point anyway... I know depending on which room in the > house I'm in, the signal strengths for the three networks differ and the > laptop roams across them... > > All the networks have DHCP enabled and all are 'always on' cable/dsl > connections. These people need educating.... Just think, as a software > developer, I have the need to run packet sniffing software from time to > time... These people probably do their banking over the wireless network and > leave their PCs wide open because they have not been educated to the dangers > of the wireless network phenomenon... > > I feel like I should tell them... I guess I could go door to door and ask > them all telling them that their network is interfering with mine and they > need to enter a WEP key at the very least in order to fix it... That would > save face on all sides I guess... > > With regards to Internet metering, it depends on your subscription whether > or not you are metered for internet access in the UK... Some services impose > limits that are very high and you'd be hard pushed to hit them anytime soon > whereas others impose tiny limits and lots of bandwidth so you hit the limit > every month... Thankfully our internet access is the former :) > > Paul > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155111 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
