snipped a bunch ..
Niels Voll wrote:
now I'm glad I didn't mention the arcing issue over 802.11 :)
come to think of it, this could be made into one of the urban myths so popular these days:
<joke (just to be sure)>
There was this guy, who had just bought one of those Linksys WRT54g routers. One day he read in a Linux user group email list about being able to load 3rd party firmware, which boosts the power output of those wireless routers. Since he liked what a power boost did for his pick-up truck, when he had installed that turbo charger kit, he promptly proceeded to download the power boosting firmware from the Internet and into his router. Then on his next trip to Best Buys, he noticed those range extending antennae for Linksys wireless routers. "Even more power", he thought, and promptly bought a set and installed them onto his router, too.
So he merrily made a wireless connection with his older Dell laptop computer, which had an 802.11b card in it. As any electrical engineer will tell you, the Linksys WRT54g wireless router is an 802.11g device, which is rated at up to 5 times the throughput of an 802.11b card.
This combination eventually caused "wireless arcing" (electricians are very familiar with arcing as a potential hazard in traditional house wiring) and a subsequent house fire causing extensive damage. This wireless arcing is also known as a "marda loop". Dell in the meantime has initiated a recall of all their "marda loop" susceptible laptops ...
</joke>
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