Wireless network & DSL

[riverbound]

I finally made the leap and got DSL installed at the house and had them set my laptop up on the wireless network. Now I am hooked, this is great. I am sitting in my la-z-boy in front of my big screen TV and browsing the internet all at once I love technology Oh yeah I also got an ice cold beer in my hand

[Phat Matt]

That's not fair. I'm at the office and I only got to drink on my extended lunch!

[riverbound]

Originally posted by Phat Matt
That's not fair. I'm at the office and I only got to drink on my extended lunch!
I'm off today.
Of course when most people are off at the river I am stuck working dreaming about it.

[Cheap Thrills]

he he eh Nice isn't it
Ive noticed with my directional "cantenna" I can feed the condos down the street with wireless internet
C.T. :wink:

[XtrmWakeborder]

haha...im doin the same thing riverbound...cept with cable..its the only way to go

[mickeyfinn]

Make sure you turn the ssid broadcasting off and change the default name of your network. This will keep almost everyone out. If you want a little more security (probably not needed) set your wireless router to filter by MAC address (its tied to hardware, but can be spoofed). If you want to get serious about security and are willing to deal with some speed loss turn on the 128 bit encryption with the keys on the machines. This will cost you some speed but the speed of the network should still be much faster than your DSL so you would never notice it surfing. (only if doing file transfers between machines).

[riverbound]

I'm not to concerned with security on my home computer. I just didnt want to have to be stuck in the office if I wanted to be on the internet. If other people want to use my connection then they can have at it as long as it doesnt slow me down.

[Debbolas]

Originally posted by riverbound
I finally made the leap and got DSL installed at the house and had them set my laptop up on the wireless network. Now I am hooked, this is great. I am sitting in my la-z-boy in front of my big screen TV and browsing the internet all at once I love technology Oh yeah I also got an ice cold beer in my hand
Just like Scream and I !!!!!!!!!!

[JetBoatRich]

I have been using a wireless network for a couple years it is the way to go
Just bought a new laptop and everything is built inside, cleaner connection so far it works on all wireless connections I tried.
I changed my SSID, as stated above. A little security never hurts.

[mickeyfinn]

Originally posted by JetBoatRich
I have been using a wireless network for a couple years it is the way to go
Just bought a new laptop and everything is built inside, cleaner connection so far it works on all wireless connections I tried.
I changed my SSID, as stated above. A little security never hurts.
Did you turn off the SSID broadcasting? If not any XP computer will pick it up and connect.