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From: Wes Groleau on 11 Jun 2010 20:32 On 06-11-2010 19:34, Fred McKenzie wrote: > But suppose you do set up a re-distribution system as described. That > would not keep a second person from logging into the hotel's system and > knocking your system off line, if that could occur in the first place. If it were the same account. He gave the impression that there was a specific login associated with the room. -- Wes Groleau Daily Hoax: http://www.snopes2.com/cgi-bin/random/random.asp
From: Justin on 12 Jun 2010 21:09 In article <110620100030391600%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <husd2d$s6k$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin > <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > > > > it has one major drawback (other than being discontinued) in that it > > > can only join wifi networks that do not require a password. that makes > > > sense from a security standpoint, because someone could potentially > > > turn a closed network into an open network just by plugging this thing > > > in. > > > > Most networks with theis pash page are unsecured. Besiced when one does > > banking it should be done over its own encryption. I won't do VPN, but > > I will probably do some sFTP, scp and some IRC. I'm old school. > > I don't do torrents. > > banking will be https, so it doesn't matter if you use it on an open > network (although i generally do not). banks are extremely anal about > security, sometimes asking the security questions if they see a new ip > address for your account. > > > > fortunately, nearly all hotel networks are open, with a splash page to > > > log in. that splash page will get passed to your laptop and you can log > > > in from there, with the linksys being seen by the hotel network. you > > > can also change the mac address of the linksys, just in case. > > > > Most hotel syaadmins won't understand that aspect, but its nice to know > > it can be changed. > > they don't need to know. if for some reason you have to use your laptop > directly, you can do that and then just switch the mac address of the > linksys. i've never needed to do that. I have a wtr on order via ebay. From what I can tell they don't use cookies for internet access. I was just online, logged in, went to another page cleared out all the cookies and I could still surf. I closed Safari, opened it up - still had access.
From: nospam on 12 Jun 2010 21:13 In article <justin-3DB296.21093112062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.exa mple.com>, Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote: > I have a wtr on order via ebay. cool, post back how it works out for you. > From what I can tell they don't use > cookies for internet access. I was just online, logged in, went to > another page cleared out all the cookies and I could still surf. I > closed Safari, opened it up - still had access. it logs your computer's wifi mac address.
From: Justin on 15 Jun 2010 11:38 On 06/12/2010 09:13 PM, nospam wrote: > In article > <justin-3DB296.21093112062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.exa > mple.com>, Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote: > >> I have a wtr on order via ebay. > > cool, post back how it works out for you. > >> From what I can tell they don't use >> cookies for internet access. I was just online, logged in, went to >> another page cleared out all the cookies and I could still surf. I >> closed Safari, opened it up - still had access. > > it logs your computer's wifi mac address. I will if I ever get the stinking thing. I love how some ebayers take their good 'ol time sending stuff out.
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 25 Jun 2010 05:14
Justin wrote: > I'm going to try Geof's suggestion and lower the MTU to 1,200 and see > what happens. > > Actually I just noticed I don't have an MTU option... > Hmmm... > http://yfrog.com/5jadvancedwirelessp OOPs, sorry, that was a case of I know what I was referring to, and I assumed you did too. The MTU option is on the Mac, not the wifi device. The MTU is the largest packet that the Mac will accept or send*, and is set for the interface. The Wifi device just relays the packets. You can set it in the ethernet tab of the network settings system preference for the device or via the ifconfig command in terminal. As in: "sudo ifconfig en0 mtu 1200" Sudo will then ask for your password. Geoff. * At one time it was split into MRU and MTU (maxiumum receive unit and maximum transmit unit) but it has long been assumed that a device should not transmit bigger packets than it can receive and vice versa. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm(a)mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM I do multitasking. If that bothers you, file a complaint and I will start ignoring it immediately. |