On 5 Feb 2010, at 09:26, Neil Bothwick wrote:
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It also has the
advantage that you can connect more than one computer through it.
and the disadvantage that it's open to hackers... don't get me
wrong - I
looked at the mifi and it looks pretty cool ("about the size of eight
stacked credit cards") I'm just saying...
Yes, but no more than any other access point using WPA. Less so really
because the range is much shorter that a normal AP.
I really understand why you would want to use the MiFi.
Even if the MiFi + your laptop uses more power than just the laptop on
its own, you can charge them separately.
However, you should change the WPA key of your MiFi from the factory
default, if you haven't already. A 'sploit was announced this week - I
read about it on /., I think. The MiFi uses its SSID (I think) plus
the manufacturing date in setting its default key, and this leads to a
greatly reduced pool of possible keys.
Stroller.
