Comments on: Time to cut the cord? http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/ Peace, Justice and Freedom in Words they Flow Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:48:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Usayd Network News » Blog Archive » Securing WiFi on distance http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-371 Usayd Network News » Blog Archive » Securing WiFi on distance Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:48:17 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-371 [...] Well you may have read my recent post on Cutting the cords (recommended read), well to add to the topic I read today about adding to the security to WiFi. This seems like a very efficient way too! Intel is developing a new way to secure WiFi networks. [...] [...] Well you may have read my recent post on Cutting the cords (recommended read), well to add to the topic I read today about adding to the security to WiFi. This seems like a very efficient way too! Intel is developing a new way to secure WiFi networks. [...]

]]> By: Usayd http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-370 Usayd Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:36:43 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-370 lol, yeah actually i need that pringles can - so don't get wireless! :D I can honestly say that i've never had a problem with it, infact you can't really tell the difference between ethernet and wifi but you know what, this is what the future is so get used to it!! lol, yeah actually i need that pringles can - so don’t get wireless! :D I can honestly say that i’ve never had a problem with it, infact you can’t really tell the difference between ethernet and wifi but you know what, this is what the future is so get used to it!!

]]> By: N http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-369 N Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:44:19 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-369 Your baby pic is so cute! but i wonder what you look like now/? JOKE btw abu I'm not so good with technology as much as i would want to be but i think this wireless network looks promising, but i'm still going to be cautious about it. ill save my pringle tin for you then:) Your baby pic is so cute! but i wonder what you look like now/? JOKE btw abu

I’m not so good with technology as much as i would want to be but i think this wireless network looks promising, but i’m still going to be cautious about it. ill save my pringle tin for you then:)

]]> By: Usayd http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-368 Usayd Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:26:00 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-368 Well apparently the pringles thing works because its lined inside with a metal which boosts the WiFi range. From this bbc report from 2002 which describes how a hacker could a Pringles tube to get into wireless networks; <blockquote> He said that i-sec had boosted the chance of spotting networks by converting an empty can of Pringles into a directional, or Yagi, antenna. Plans to make such an antenna first appeared on the net last year. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1860241.stm" rel="nofollow"><strong>Read on</strong></a> </blockquote> Er yeah thanks for the comment on the picture :oops: Well apparently the pringles thing works because its lined inside with a metal which boosts the WiFi range. From this bbc report from 2002 which describes how a hacker could a Pringles tube to get into wireless networks;

He said that i-sec had boosted the chance of spotting networks by converting an empty can of Pringles into a directional, or Yagi, antenna. Plans to make such an antenna first appeared on the net last year.
Read on

Er yeah thanks for the comment on the picture :oops:

]]> By: Tamanna http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-367 Tamanna Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:21:06 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-367 Pringles? As in the crisp tubes? Who thought of that one?! (nice pic by the way. really) Pringles? As in the crisp tubes? Who thought of that one?!

(nice pic by the way. really)

]]> By: Usayd http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-366 Usayd Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:51:41 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-366 I'd say that without testing the serivce yourself you can't really make a judgment, however it is true that obstructions can cause the connection to be lost, however this would only happen if you actually had something blocking it. You know you can just use a Pringles tin to increase the range by a massive distance simply by connecting that to your antenna. I agree there are often troubles for a novice user, but as you probably guessed we're more of the kind'a people who always want the latest technologies and enjoy the ups and downs of each :) I’d say that without testing the serivce yourself you can’t really make a judgment, however it is true that obstructions can cause the connection to be lost, however this would only happen if you actually had something blocking it. You know you can just use a Pringles tin to increase the range by a massive distance simply by connecting that to your antenna. I agree there are often troubles for a novice user, but as you probably guessed we’re more of the kind’a people who always want the latest technologies and enjoy the ups and downs of each :)

]]> By: Tamanna http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-365 Tamanna Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:08:17 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-365 Hmm, I don't know about wireless technology - they haven't quite perfected the art of it yet. It still goes off and on at really annoying times from what I've heard. Until they make it perfect - I'm sticking with wires - admittedly has the same problem but less so! Hmm, I don’t know about wireless technology - they haven’t quite perfected the art of it yet. It still goes off and on at really annoying times from what I’ve heard.

Until they make it perfect - I’m sticking with wires - admittedly has the same problem but less so!

]]> By: Usayd http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-364 Usayd Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:15:34 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-364 Well of course if you have ethernet connecting at 100mb and you have WiFi connecting at 11mb then you may quite practically choose the ethernet option because it is certainly faster to transfer and use. My post, however, addresses how WiFi is coming to a stage where it is not only matching the speed, security and vastness of Ethernet, it is overcoming it with speeds of up to 800mb! Well of course if you have ethernet connecting at 100mb and you have WiFi connecting at 11mb then you may quite practically choose the ethernet option because it is certainly faster to transfer and use. My post, however, addresses how WiFi is coming to a stage where it is not only matching the speed, security and vastness of Ethernet, it is overcoming it with speeds of up to 800mb!

]]> By: Hamza http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-363 Hamza Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:15:24 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-363 you are as allmost allways right i do have a 11b wirless but i only will use that for surfing the net or just chatting because i have ethernet in most rooms in my house and seeing as i dident fit it, and it goes throught 3" of solid wood i am not about to go and snip it and ethernet is allmost 2ce as fast. well all i am saying is i think it must be a plus+ to have both you are as allmost allways right i do have a 11b wirless but i only will use that for surfing the net or just chatting because i have ethernet in most rooms in my house and seeing as i dident fit it, and it goes throught 3″ of solid wood i am not about to go and snip it and ethernet is allmost 2ce as fast. well all i am saying is i think it must be a plus+ to have both

]]> By: DarthTibault http://www.usayd.com/2005/08/19/time-to-cut-the-cord/#comment-362 DarthTibault Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:14:40 +0000 http://usayd.com/new/?p=440#comment-362 <blockquote>As a matter of fact I think all of the UNN reporters have wireless networks in their own houses! I know for a fact that Hamza (11b) and Qasim (54g) do!</blockquote> Well you are right, I have a wireless network too, still a 11b (like Hamza) though :sad: I totally agree with you, there really isn't any reason why you wouldn't 'cut the cord'. It's so much easier: connect to the Internet throughout the entire house on your laptop or pda, no more trouble with wires running all over the place, and your mom falling over them, taking all the connected devices with her...

As a matter of fact I think all of the UNN reporters have wireless networks in their own houses! I know for a fact that Hamza (11b) and Qasim (54g) do!

Well you are right, I have a wireless network too, still a 11b (like Hamza) though :sad: I totally agree with you, there really isn’t any reason why you wouldn’t ‘cut the cord’. It’s so much easier: connect to the Internet throughout the entire house on your laptop or pda, no more trouble with wires running all over the place, and your mom falling over them, taking all the connected devices with her…

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