Brian Gallagher wrote:
It looks like AVG will not be free any more after January 15th. Now I
am looking for suggestions for a replacement.
Avast. (www.avast.com). You have to login once every 14 months, but it
is a superior product to AVG. No money involved for home users.
Some Background: I use a wireless share for my connection for my web
access. I pay my house mate to be part of his network, so this is not
road warring! I am on the edge of the wireless router range, so the
signal is weak to begin with and drops out frequently complicating my
wireless technical development. I have setup a test station that is
much closer to the router, but its cold in the garage, if you know
what I mean!
Buy a higher gain antenna. Better yet, buy two. One for the client and
one for the WAP. I've used these [1] in the past and they are well worth
the money. Gained an extra 200 feet in one direction and a solid signal
through three walls in th other. If you watch you can get them for < 15
shipped after rebate. Or you could always build your own antenna...
Given that I don't know much about wireless accept what I have learned
from trial and error, it has been rough to get to a Linux
implementation of wireless networking. At present I am still using
windows. Frankly, I just kept giving up too easily and never really
tried to get things running, as other work has take priority.
What card are you using?
Here is my question: should I stop worrying about virus protection and
make implementing Linux wireless my top priority, because virus
threats are low under Linux; Therefore, would I be better off running
Linux, with no virus protection, then to keep working with windows and
outdated AVG software?
That's up to you. If you are going to keep using windows, then get an
A/V solution. Also, make sure you are running Firefox and Thunderbird.
Garl
[1] http://tinyurl.com/ppxtj
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