"Noons" <wizofoz2k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Mar 20, 9:19 pm, "Atheist Chaplain" <ab...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>> most of my house is Cat 5e through a router, but since both kids now
have
>> lappies, I have set up an AP specifically for them, mac addressing,
fixed
>> IP's and no SSID broadcast, the WiFi power is turned way down and if
you
>> can
>> get a signal outside my front door your doing very well, whoever built
my
>> house made it like a Faraday cage, to get a signal for a mobile, you
have
>> to
>> be at a window facing the tower so a low powered WiFi signal has no
>> chance,
>> however in summer, under the shade of a tree in the back yard, browsing
>> the
>> web doesn't require anything more difficult to use than netstumbler.
>
> Sensible person, is all I can say.
> Makes a lot of sense. Mine is also
> a Faraday cage: the insulation matts
> all have the aluminium sleeves still in and
> earthed. I can't get the wireless in-house
> phones to hear across floors other than the
> stairwell, let alone outside!
>
> I'm paranoid about that stuff, after a few years
> in the RAAF in the weirdest goon place you
> can think of. Suffice to say a "ping" was
> enough to earn any of us a visit from
> the safety boyzz. They don't faff around.
> And with good reason, God bless them.
>
223 Sigs, Dundas, where "Paranoid" is a way of life, not just a mental
disease ;-)
> I've refused to let the kids use wi-fis in the
> laptops: they use home-built boxes with
> exactly what I know installed, all "Pro"
> and legal versions.
>
Both run "Pro" on the lappies, I had to get a lappie for the son, he needs
it for school (though he now has an Asus Eee PC and I have to say for
something so small it works a treat for school work)
Daughter "Taxed" my old Lappie and spends most of her time "chatting",
what's she doesn't know is, like you I also keep a close, if somewhat
surreptitious eye on things. no need to worry about her installing
anything
as she is basically PC illiterate. the boy on the other hand has been in
front of a keyboard since he was 4 and I have to lock him down a bit hard.
> Every week I go through the logs and
> check what they loaded/installed/swapped.
>
> Mostly kiddie stuff, but every so often I
> find a real clanger: boy is growing and has
> realized girls smell good. It's a normal
> phase, but it pays to keep things in moderation.
> He's a good kid and understands that if
> he doesn't abuse it, I allow him a lose leash
> anyway.
>
same and same.
> Ah well, off to bed. It's been a week
> of long nights nursing lots of work projects
> to completion and I need the weekend
> to relax.
Working most of the weekend, but hey, I will get some days off whenever I
want :-)
--
God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom?
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