As many of you know, I recently moved. I moved into a townhouse that has about a dozen houses within just a few hundred feet. Within the first few days, I had the wireless up and running and started to hook up my laptop to do a little Dad Blogs surfing.
I found about 6 different wireless networks within range, and four of the six were locked down. This is amazing to me. In today's lawsuit-laced society and software/music piracy rampage, I would think people would protect themselves better.
Most people just say, "I don't have anything to hide," or "No one in my neighborhood will hack me," or even "I don't care who uses it." Let's say someone sits in your parking lot or on the street by your house gets on your wireless and downloads illegal programs, pornography, and hacks a few websites while they are at it as well. This will be traced back to YOUR IP address which is in YOUR house which YOU pay for. There are ways to tell if the traffic was indeed from you based on MAC address but even that can be spoofed (duplicated) and blame can be put 100% on you. Fighting this would take time and money which most people would not want to waste either.
I could go more into why you want to lock down your wireless but take it from this nerd that "You just want to do it". Now.
Here are a few steps you can take to lock down your wireless.
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Ahhh…the great OLD vs. NEW fight. You should begin by asking yourself "Do I like to live on the edge?" If you do, continue reading. If you are boring and stuck in a rut, then keep what you have and come back for the next post.
