If I understand correctly, when operating a radio system, you have to accept interference on that system unless you are a licensed operator of the frequency. Since wi-fi falls under unlicensed use of spectrum, you can't do to much about it. I have run into a similar situation which was resolved by getting together with a neighbor and making sure we were on different channels. mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:57 AM Subject: Re: MacGroup: Wireless fun in XP
> > I think it's dubious. It can come under invasion of privacy [not sure if > there are laws here for that] and trespassing. Usually I think it goes > down as trespassing. > > It usually only gets discussed when someone 'accidentally' discovers that > their cable WAN gives them access to some small companies machine, but > I'd assume the same laws would apply. > > I doubt if consumer trespassing is likely to be enforced, but say I get a > virus. Most of the recent viruses seem to include a windows-network share > attacking part. Will they be happy when their machines get wiped? Will I > have trespassed? Even if it could happen completely innocently. > > ie) I also have linksys [I used to have one, moved to a netgear. But could > have happened], and there's no way I'll ever be virus-protected. > > As to Wards suggestion below. That one would definitely be an invasion of > privacy conversation, and I would imagine that accidents are easy to > define there. Network trespassing is less easy to define I think. > > Dunno, just views :) > > Hen > > On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Ward Oldham wrote: > > > None. I would conclude that it falls into the same category of your > > cordless phone accidentally picking up your neighbor's conversation. > > The responsibility should be yours to keep your network private, not > > your neighbor's responsibility to keep from accidentally tapping in. > > > > Just my opinion. > > > > Ward Oldham > > > > > > On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 01:09 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > > > > What is the law concerning using your neighbor's network connection? > > > ie, > > > what law are you breaking when your XP machine connects to his linksys > > > network? > > > > > > on 1/4/03 11:13 PM, Henri Yandell at bayard at generationjava.com wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Yet another reason why XP sucketh. > > >> > > >> I tweaked the driver for the wireless card, and finally got it to > > >> start > > >> connecting to a wireless router. Surely you can imagine my elation and > > >> excitement as I found a working Internet! > > >> > > >> Except... well... why is the router named 'linksys'?? > > >> > > >> Yes. Windows XP will not connect to MY netgear router, but it will > > >> happily > > >> [when I'm walking in the right part of the house] connect to my > > >> neighbour's Linksys network. In fact, as I had DHCP turned on, > > >> Windows XP > > >> happily just broke the law for me. > > >> > > >> To make it worse, even though I know the unsecured Linksys network is > > >> there next door, there's no obvious way to avoid connecting to it. > > >> > > >> The Apple machines in the house however are happily still working. > > >> > > >> -1 to Microsoft for making it automatic to invade my neighbours > > >> network. > > >> > > >> Hen > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > >> | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > > > > Harry, > > > > > > > > > Harry Jacobson-Beyer > > > Surveyor of the Passing Scene! > > > > > > http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/a/harryjb/ > > > What a strange, long, trip it is! > > > > > > remember: it's not how fast you climb the hill that matters, it's how > > > fast > > > you go coming down! > > > > > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > > | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
