waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Not locking my car doesn't give someone the right to borrow it, nor should not locking my internet give someone the right to borrow it.

All you slackers who are too cheap to buy your own internet...just remember that Karma is a bitch and you'll get yours.

In my mind, it is stealing pure and simple.

shazaam

I did buy my own internet access ... but it doesn't work when I'm not home

midiwall

Right.

This would be a moot point if this was The Old Days and you paid for metered usage at home. It would be very clear to people that if I was paying $$$/mb, and some *(^@&* was sitting in his living room on MY wire, the stealing aspect would be VERY clear.

People's judgment is being clouded by "well, Billy Bob gets that Internet stuff for free with his cable TV!".

Yeah... right.

arjan

Considering the knowledge of an average computer salesman, they came to the conclusion that it was broken and the RMAd it.

I've had so many computer salesman tell me total BS, it's not even funny. I usually listen to their BS and don't argue it. I just don't buy there out of principle.

Keggo

What you do is just pitch in some dough so it's cheaper on both (or multiple) parties...

marko3xl3

I just listened to an episode (forgot which one) of TWiT (with Leo Laporte and a bunch of other computer-savvy dudes) and they basically said it's illegal for anyone who wants to know. Even though you can't directly relate it to someone leaving their keys in their car, it's very close.

THEY bought the car
THEY bought the router
THEY pay the payments
THEY pay the internet

Just because the internet is such a common thing now a days doesn't mean everyones property is a free-for-all.

Having said that, I must say that I have never had the need to take someones wireless and the only I do is with someones permission, I expect the same from others. Now, if I ever came into an emergency (don't ask me to define that) and I found an un-protected network, heck yes I would use it. Sue me, I am no MD with a big house. After using, I might just put a IOU.txt on the owner's computer which would probably freak them out and they'd put some bars on their windows...

See, it's all good

stevrock

So, how would you go about making a wireless system secure. I have a couple selections in my setting about 64 bit and 128 bit, would I enable them and pick one to make it work?

Keggo

You need WEP protection. Your router should should you how to enable it. What brand do you have? Also, make sure you have firewalls enabled. For WEP 128 bit encryption it's a 26 digit key that you make up. The key can only use 0-9 and A-F I believe.