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To: Charlie who wrote (36377)	9/3/2003 12:39:08 PM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (1) of 110653

Charlie A router with NAT is really good protection from hackers as it makes your computer invisible to the net. They only see the router. Be advised that wireless routers are not that hard to hack by someone near your location with a wireless laptop or other wireless device. I read a good account recently where a tech consultant went to a person's house to find out why they were having problems and discovered their wireless laptop was connected to the neighbor's network. He got rid of that connection only to discover that his client's box then connected to a different neighbor's wireless LAN! You can fix some of this stuff and getting hacked by a neighbor or a driveby is less likely to be a malicious hack situation, but you got to take care if you go wireless.

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