peter;361322 Wrote: > CatBus wrote: > > Goodsounds;361238 Wrote: > > > >> something more than 25 percent of home wifi installations are > >> unencrypted... > >> > > > > I'd honestly be surprised if it's not higher. Technically, a > wide-open > > network isn't necessarily unsecure (you can use captive portal-style > > authentication, for example, and not allow access from the WLAN to > the > > LAN, but that's how a hotel or business might set it up, not your > > typical home user) > > > > When I moved into my current house there was 1 open access point, which > > I used while my cable connection was being set up. It was my neighbors, > > and he OK'd it after the fact ;) My laptop now finds 10 visible AP's > which are all encrypted. Dutch ISP's have begun shipping modems with > encryption enabled and the code on a sticker on the router. > > Regards, > Peter
Your comment made me curious, so I checked my own situation. 7 other systems visible from my house (checked from outside), 4 of which were named "linksys", 3 of which were not encrypted. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55229 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
